D5 / C5 Bb5 / D5 D5 / C5 Bb5 / D5 D5 I'm just and ageing drummer boy C5 And in the wars I used to play Bb5 And I've called the tune D5 To many a torture session D5 Now they say I am a war criminal C5 And I'm fading away Bb5 D5 Father please her my confession G5 I have legalised robbery D5 Called it a belief G5 I have run with the money D5 And hid like a thief G5 I have re-written history D5 With my armies and my crooks D5 C5 A5 Invented memories D5 I did burn all the books D5 And I can still hear his laughter C5 E5 E5 And I can still hear his song E5 The man's too big D5 C5 The man's too strong C5 D5 / D5 C5 C5 / 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
