Dire Straits, The Man's Too Strong (1985)
^{Key: :[C#m] (w: Mark Knopfler)}

INTRO: [C#m] [B] [F#/A] [C#m] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
I am [C#m] just an aging drummer boy, and in the [B] wars I used to play
And I've [F#/A] called the tune too many a torture [C#m] session
Now they [C#m] say I am a war criminal, and I'm [B] fading away
[F#/A] Father, please hear my conf-[C#m]-ession

BRIDGE 1:
I have [F#] legalised robbery, [C#] called it belief.
I have [F#] run with the money, I have [C#] hid like a thief
[F#] rewritten history with [C#] army's of my crooks.
Invented [B] memories [G#m], I did [C#] burn all those books

CHORUS:
And I can [C#m] still hear his laughter,
And I can [B] still hear his [D#m] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [C#] strong [B]
[C#] [B] // [Bm] [F#] // [F#m] [C#]

BRIDGE 2:
Well I've [F#] tried to be meek, and I've [C#] tried to be mild
But I [F#] spat like a woman, and I [C#] sulked like a child.
I have [F#] lived behind walls; that have [C#] made me alone,
Striven for [B] peace [G#m], which [C#] I never have known

CHORUS:
And I can [C#m] still hear his laughter,
And I can [B] still hear his [D#m] song.
The man's too big, the man's too [C#] strong [B]
[C#] [B] // [Bm] [F#] // [F#m] [C#]

BRIDGE 3:
Well the [F#] sun rose on the courtyard, and they [C#] all did hear him say,
You [F#] always was a Judas, but [C#] I got you anyway,
You [F#] may have got your silver, but I [C#] swear upon my life
Your sister gave me [B] diamonds [G#m] , and I [C#] give 'em to your wife

OUTRO:
Oh Father, please help me, for I [B] have done [D#m] wrong
The man's too big, the man's too [C#] strong [B]
[C#] [B] // [Bm] [F#] // [F#m] [C#]