Written by Mark Knopfler
Introdução: Dm C Bb Dm
Dm C
I'm just an ageing 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 legalised robbery called it belief
G D
I have run with the money and hid like a thief
G D
I have re-written history with my armies and my crooks
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
D C
The man's too big the man's too strong
G D
Well I have tried to be meek and 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 they have made me alone
C Am D
Striven for peace which I never have known
Dm C Em
And I can still hear his laughter and I can still hear his song
D
The man's too big the man's too strong
G D
Well the sun rose on the courtyard and they all did hear him say
G D
You always were a Judas but I got you anyway
G D
You may have got your silver but I swear upon my life
Dm C Am D
Your sister gave me diamonds and I gave them to your wife
Dm C Em
Oh father please help me for I have done wrong
D
The man's too big the man's too strong
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