Titre : The man's too strong
Artiste : Dire Straits
Album : Brothers in arms
Intro : Dm C Bb Dm x2
Dm C
I am just an aging drummer boy, and in the wars I used to play
Bb Dm
And I've called a tune to many a torture session
Dm C
Now they say I am a war criminal and I'm a fading away
Bb Dm
Father please hear my confession
Dm
G D
I have legalised robbery and called it belief
G D
I have run with the money and I have hid like a thief
G D
Re-written history with my armies and my crooks
C Am
Invented memories
D
I did burn all the books,
Dm
And I can still hear his laughter,
C Em
And I can still hear his song
D
The man's too big, the man's too strong
C D C Cm G Gm D
G D
Well I have tried to be meek, and I tried to be mild
G D
But I spat like a woman and sulked like a child
G D
I have lived behind walls, that have made me alone
C Am
Striven for peace
D
Which I never have known,
Dm C Em
And I can still hear his laughter, and I can still hear his song
D
The man's too big , the man's too strong
C D C Cm G Gm D
G D
Well the sun rose on the courtyard, and they all did hear him say
G D
You always were a judas, but I got you anyway,
G D
you may have got your silver, but I swear upon my life
C Am
Your sister gave me diamonds
D
And I gave them to your wife
Dm C Em
Oh father please help me for I have done wrong
D
The man's too big, the man's too strong
C D C Cm G Gm F Fm G A F
D
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