Dm / C
A# / Dm
Dm / C
A# / Dm

   I'm Dmjust and ageing drummer boy
   And in the Cwars I used to play
   And I've A#called the tune
   To many a torture Dmsession
   Now they Dmsay I am a war criminal
   And I'm Cfading away
   A#Father please her my conDmfession

   I have Glegalised robbery
   DCalled it a belief
   I have Grun with the money
   And Dhid like a thief
   I have Gre-written history
   With my Darmies and my crooks
   DInvented Cmemories Am7   
   I did Dburn all the books
   And I can Dmstill hear his laughter
C Em Emsus2+4
And I can still hear his song
   The man's too Embig
   The man's too Dstrong C 

C D/A / D C
C /



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 walls
That have made me alone
Striven for peace
Which I have never 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

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


SONG: The Man's Too Strong
ARTIST: Dire Straits
ALBUM: Brothers In Arms (1985)

INTRO:

C (strums) C (strums)
e----------------------------------------0-------------0---------------
B----------------------------------------1-------------1---------------
G--------0h2-2-2-2---2-2-0--------2-0----0-------------0-------0-------
D--0--3--------------------3-0--------2--2-------------2-----2------0--
A----------------------------------------3----------3--3---3------1----
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb(strums) Dm(strums) Dm(strums)
e--1-------------------1-------------1--------------------------
B--3-------------------3-------------3--------------------------
G--3-------------------2-------------2----------------0h2-2-2-2- etc.
D--3---------3p0---0---0----------0--0---------0h3--3-----------
A--1-------------3--------------3-------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------

DmI am just an aging drummer-boy, and in the Cwars I used to play
And I've A#called a tune to many a torture Dmsession.
DmNow they say I am a war criminal, and I'm a-Cfading away.
A#Father, please hear my confession.

I have Glegalized robbery and Dcalled it belief
I have Grun with the money, I have Dhid like a thief
I have Grewritten history with my Darmies and my crooks
DInvented Cmemories, Am    I did Dburn all the books
And I can Dmstill hear his laughter, and I can Cstill hear his Emsong
Emsus2    The man's too Embig, the man's too Dstrong    C    D    C 

C Cm G Gm etc.