RIF: D9 D9 C E|---------------------------------------0-----------| B|------------3-3-3--3------------3------1-----------| G|--------0h2-2-2-2--2-2-0--------2------0--0--------| D|--0--3-------------------3-0-----------2----2------| A|---------------------------------------3------3-3--| E|---------------------------------------------------| Em7/Bb D9 D9 E|--0------------------------------------------------| B|--3--------------------------3-------------3-------| G|--0-----------0--------------2-------------2-------| D|--0---------0-------3p0---0--0--------0----0-------| A|--1-------1-------------3----------0h3-------------| E|---------------------------------------------------|D9 C I am just an ageing drummer boy, and in the wars I used to playEm7/Bb D9 And I've called a tune to many a torture sessionD9 C Now they say I am a war criminal, and I'm a-fading awayEm7/Bb D9 Father, please hear my confessionG D9 I have legalized robbery and called it beliefG D9 I have run with the money, I have hid like a thiefG D9 I have rewritten history with my armies and my crooksD9 C Am7 D9 Invented memories, I did burn all the booksD9 C Em And I can still hear his laughter, and I can still hear his songEm D C D C Cm G Gm D9 The man's too big, the man's too strongG D9 Well I have tried to be meek and I have tried to be mildG D9 But I spat like a woman and sulked like a childG D9 I have lived behind walls they have made me aloneC Am7 D9 Striven for peace which I never have knownD9 C Em And I can still hear his laughter, and I can still hear his songEm D C D C Cm G Gm D9 The man's too big, the man's too StrongG D9 Well the sun rose on the courtyard and they all did hear him sayG D9 You always were a Judas but I got you anywayG D9 You may have got your silver but I swear upon my lifeC Am7 D9 Your sister gave me Diamonds and I gave them to your wifeD9 C Em Oh Father please help me for I have done wrongEm D C D C Cm G Gm The man's too big, the man's too Strong( F Fm C/G Am7 F7M C D9 )
The Man's Too Strong
Dire Straits
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Tom: