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

INTRO: [Cm] [A#] [F/Ab] [Cm] : [x2]

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

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

CHORUS:
And I can [Cm] still hear his laughter,
And I can [A#] still hear his [Dm] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [C] strong [A#]
[C] [A#] // [A#m] [F] // [Fm] [C]

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

CHORUS:
And I can [Cm] still hear his laughter,
And I can [A#] still hear his [Dm] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [C] strong [A#]
[C] [A#] // [A#m] [F] // [Fm] [C]

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

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