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Again, here’s my version:
SONG: The Man’s Too Strong
ARTIST: Dire Straits
ALBUM: Brothers In Arms (1985)
INTRO:
C (strums) C (strums)
e—————————————-0————-0—————
B—————————————-1————-1—————
G——–0h2-2-2-2—2-2-0——–2-0—-0————-0——-0——-
D–0–3——————–3-0——–2–2————-2—–2——0–
A—————————————-3———-3–3—3——1—-
E———————————————————————-
Bb(strums) Dm(strums) Dm(strums)
e–1——————-1————-1————————–
B–3——————-3————-3————————–
G–3——————-2————-2—————-0h2-2-2-2- etc.
D–3———3p0—0—0———-0–0———0h3–3———–
A–1————-3————–3——————————-
E—————————————————————
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
Father, please hear my confession.
G D
I have legalized robbery and called it belief
G D
I have run with the money, I have hid like a thief
G D
I have rewritten history with my armies and my crooks
D C Am D
Invented memories, I did burn all the books
Dm C Em
And I can still hear his laughter, and I can still hear his song
Emsus2 Em D C D C
The man’s too big, the man’s too strong
C Cm G Gm etc.
For chords, play the Dm, D, C, Em, Am and G as open. Play the Bb in 1st
position. I play the Emsus2, Gm and Cm as:
Emsus2 Gm Cm
e–2- -3- -3-
B–0- -3- -1-
G–0- -3- -0-
D–2- -x- -1-
A–2- -x- -x-
E–0- -x- -x-
Jim!
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