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 C And in the wars I used to play Bb And I've called the tune D5 To many a torture session D Now they say I am a war criminal C And I'm fading away Bb D5 Father please her my confession verse 1: G I have legalised robbery D Called it belief G I have run with the money D And hid like a theif G re-written history D5 With my armies and my crooks C Am Invented memories D5 I did burn all the books Dm And I can still hear his laughter C Em And I can still hear his song The man's too big D C D C Cm G Gm D The man's too strong 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
