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- #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
- #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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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!
- jreese@leland.stanford.edu
-