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

INTRO: [Bm] [A] [E/G] [Bm] : [x2]

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

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

CHORUS:
And I can [Bm] still hear his laughter,
And I can [A] still hear his [C#m] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [B] strong [A]
[B] [A] // [Am] [E] // [Em] [B]

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

CHORUS:
And I can [Bm] still hear his laughter,
And I can [A] still hear his [C#m] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [B] strong [A]
[B] [A] // [Am] [E] // [Em] [B]

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

OUTRO:
Oh Father, please help me, for I [A] have done [C#m] wrong
The man's too big, the man's too [B] strong [A]
[B] [A] // [Am] [E] // [Em] [B]