The Mans Too Strong Chords

SONG: The Man's Too Strong
ARTIST: Dire Straits
ALBUM: Brothers In Arms

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 ...
         Bb                              Dm
And I've called a tune to ...
Dm                                          C
Now they say I am a war ...
Bb
Father, please hear my ...

       G                     D
I have legalized robbery ..
       G                          D
I have run with the money, I ..
       G                         D
I have rewritten history with ...
D        C         Am         D
Invented memories,      I did ...
          Dm                                 C              Em
And I can still hear his laughter, ...
Emsus2                 Em                 D         C   
  C
         The man's too big, the ...

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-|