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

INTRO: [A#m] [G#] [D#/Gb] [A#m] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
I am [A#m] just an aging drummer boy, and in the [G#] wars I used to play
And I've [D#/Gb] called the tune too many a torture [A#m] session
Now they [A#m] say I am a war criminal, and I'm [G#] fading away
[D#/Gb] Father, please hear my conf-[A#m]-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 [Fm], I did [A#] burn all those books

CHORUS:
And I can [A#m] still hear his laughter,
And I can [G#] still hear his [Cm] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [A#] strong [G#]
[A#] [G#] // [G#m] [D#] // [D#m] [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 [Fm], which [A#] I never have known

CHORUS:
And I can [A#m] still hear his laughter,
And I can [G#] still hear his [Cm] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [A#] strong [G#]
[A#] [G#] // [G#m] [D#] // [D#m] [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 [Fm] , and I [A#] give 'em to your wife

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