The Man's Too Strong Dire Straits
Dire Straits - The Mans Too Strong
standard tuning: D5 XX023X
D XX0232
C X32010
Bb X10030
G 320033
Am X02210
Dm XX0231
Em 022000
Cm X35543
G* 355433
[Gm] [355333]
intro: D5 C Bb D D5 C Bb
[D5]I'm just and ageing drummer boy
And in the [C]wars I used to play
And I've [Bb]called the tune
To many a torture [D5]session
Now they [D]say I am a war criminal
And I'm [C]fading away
[Bb]Father please her my con[D5]fession
verse 1:
I have [G]legalised robbery
[D]Called it belief
I have [G]run with the money
And [D]hid like a theif
[G]re-written history
With my [D5]armies and my crooks
Invented m[C]emories[Am]
I did b[D5]urn all the books
And I can [Dm]still hear his laughter
And I can [C]still hear his song[Em]
The man's too big
The man's too [D]strong[C] [D] [C] [Cm] [G] [Gm] [D]
verse 2:
Well I have tried to be meek
And I have tried to be mild
But I spat like a woman
And sulked like a child
I have lived behind wall
That have made me alone
Striven for peace
Which I never have known
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong
verse 3:
Well the sun rose on the courtyard
And they all did hear him say
'You always were a Judas
But I got you anyway
You may have got your silver
But I swear upon my life
Your sister gave me diamonds
And I gave them to your wife
Oh father please help me
For I have done wrong
The man's too big
The man's too strong
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