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- {t:The Mans Too Strong}
- {st:Dire Straits}
- {define Em* 1 2 0 0 2 2 0}
- {sonc}
- I am [Dm]just an aging drummer boy
- And in the w[C]ars I used to play
- And I've c[Bb]alled the tune to many a torture [Dm] session
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- Now they [Dm]say I am a war criminal
- And I'm f[C]ading away,
- F[Bb]ather, please hear my conf[Dm]ession
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- I have l[G]egalised robbery
- C[D]alled it belief
- I have r[G]un with the money
- I have h[D]id like a thief
- R[G]ewritten history
- With my a[D]rmys and my crooks
- [D]Invented m[C]emories [Am7]
- I did b[D]urn all those books
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- {soc}
- And I can s[Dm]till hear his laughter
- And I can st[C]ill hear his s[Em]ong [Em*]
- The mans too [Em]big
- The mans too str[D]ong [C] [D] [C]
- {eoc}
- {nc}
- Well I've tr[G]ied to be meek
- And I've t[D]ried to be mild
- But I spat like a woman
- And I sulked like a child
- I have lived behind walls
- Which have made me alone
- Striven for peace
- Which I never have know
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- {c:chorus}
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- Well the sun rose on the courtyard
- And they all did hear him say
- You always was 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 'em to your wife
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- Oh Father,please help me
- For I have done wrong
- The mans too big
- The mans too strong
- {eonc}
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