Dire Straits — Mans Too Strong Tab

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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