Dire Straits - The mans too strong

^D5I'm just and ageing drummer boy And in the ^Cwars I used to play And I've ^Bbcalled the tune To many a torture ^D5session Now they ^Dsay I am a war criminal And I'm ^Cfading away ^BbFather please her my con^D5fession verse 1: I have ^Glegalised robbery ^DCalled it belief I have ^Grun with the money And ^Dhid like a theif ^Gre-written history With my ^D5armies and my crooks Invented m^Cemories ^Am I did b^D5urn all the books And I can ^Dmstill hear his laughter And I can ^Cstill hear his song ^Em

The man's too ^Dstrong ^{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