Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Man’s Too Strong - Dire Straits

Lagu yang ditulis oleh Mark Knopfler (vokalis, gitaris) ini dirilis secara resmi melalui label Vertigo Records.

“The Man’s Too Strong” muncul dalam album kelima Dire Straits yang bertajuk Brothers in Arms.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Man’s Too Strong” dari Dire Straits:

Dm C Bb Dm (2x)

         Dm                                                         C
I am just an aging drummer boy, and in the wars I used to play
               Bb                                                  Dm
And I've called the tune to many a torture session
                                                                  C
Now they say I am a war criminal, and I'm fading away
Bb                                     Dm
Father, please hear my confession

           G                            D
I have legalized robbery, called it belief
           G                                          D
I have run with the money, I have hid like a thief
G                                    D
Re-written history with armies and my crooks
               C         Am           D
Invented memories, I did burn all the books

                 Dm
And I can still hear his laughter,
                C                    Em
And I can still hear his song
                        Em
The man's too big;
                        D C     D C   Cm G
The man's too strong

Gm D

          G                                     D
Well I tried to be meek, I have 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             D
Striven for peace, which I never have known

                 Dm
And I can still hear his laughter,
                C                     Em
And I can still hear his song
                        Em
The man's too big;
                         D C     D C    Cm G
The man's too strong

Gm D

              G                                                       D
Well the sun rose on the courtyard, and they all did hear him say
         G                                       D
"You always was a Judas, but I got you anyway
        G                                                D
You may have got your silver, but I swear upon my life
                                C        Am             D
Your sister gave me diamonds, and I gave 'em to your wife"

                             Dm
Oh father, please help me,
      C                   Em
For I have done wrong
                        Em
The man's too big;
                         D C     D C    Cm G
The man's too strong

Gm F Fm C Am F D

D C D C Cm G

Gm F Fm C Am F Am D