[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)