[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---------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
[Dm] [C]
I am just an aging drummer-boy, and in the wars I used to play
[Bb] [Dm]
And I've called the tune to many a torture session.
[Dm] [C]
Now they say I am a war criminal and I'm fading away
[Bb] [Dm]
Father, please hear my confession.
[Verse 2]
[G] [D]
I have legalized robbery, 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]
The man's too big, the man's too strong
[Break]
[C] [Cm] [G] [Gm] etc.
[Verse 3]
[Dm] [C]
Well I have tried to be meek and I have tried to be mild
[Bb] [Dm]
But I spat like a woman and I sulked like a child
[Dm] [C]
I have lived behind walls, that have made me alone
[Bb] [Dm]
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
[Emsus2] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
The man's too big, the man's too strong
[Verse 4]
[Dm] [C]
Well the sun rose on the courtyard and they all did hear him say
[Bb] [Dm]
You always was a judas but I got you anyway
[Dm] [C]
You may have got your silver but I swear upon my life
[Bb] [Dm]
Your sister gave me diamonds and I gave them to your wife
[Dm] [C]
Oh father please help me for I have done wrong
[Emsus2] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
The man's too big, the man's too strong
[Chord Definitions]
[Dm] - xx0231 (open)
[D] - xx0232 (open)
[C] - x32010 (open)
[Em] - 022000 (open)
[Am] - x02220 (open)
[G] - 320003 (open)
[Bb] - x13331 (1st position)
[Emsus2] - 020200 (as specified)
[Gm] - 3x333x (as specified)
[Cm] - 3x554x (as specified)