Dire Straits, The Man's Too Strong (1985)
^{Key: :[Am] (w: Mark Knopfler)}

INTRO: [Am] [G] [D/F] [Am] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
I am [Am] just an aging drummer boy, and in the [G] wars I used to play
And I've [D/F] called the tune too many a torture [Am] session
Now they [Am] say I am a war criminal, and I'm [G] fading away
[D/F] Father, please hear my conf-[Am]-ession

BRIDGE 1:
I have [D] legalised robbery, [A] called it belief.
I have [D] run with the money, I have [A] hid like a thief
[D] rewritten history with [A] army's of my crooks.
Invented [G] memories [Em], I did [A] burn all those books

CHORUS:
And I can [Am] still hear his laughter,
And I can [G] still hear his [Bm] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [A] strong [G]
[A] [G] // [Gm] [D] // [Dm] [A]

BRIDGE 2:
Well I've [D] tried to be meek, and I've [A] tried to be mild
But I [D] spat like a woman, and I [A] sulked like a child.
I have [D] lived behind walls; that have [A] made me alone,
Striven for [G] peace [Em], which [A] I never have known

CHORUS:
And I can [Am] still hear his laughter,
And I can [G] still hear his [Bm] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [A] strong [G]
[A] [G] // [Gm] [D] // [Dm] [A]

BRIDGE 3:
Well the [D] sun rose on the courtyard, and they [A] all did hear him say,
You [D] always was a Judas, but [A] I got you anyway,
You [D] may have got your silver, but I [A] swear upon my life
Your sister gave me [G] diamonds [Em] , and I [A] give 'em to your wife

OUTRO:
Oh Father, please help me, for I [G] have done [Bm] wrong
The man's too big, the man's too [A] strong [G]
[A] [G] // [Gm] [D] // [Dm] [A]