[Intro]
(Dm C Bb Dm) x2
[Verse]
     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 
                                          C 
Now they say I am a war criminal, and I'm fading away 
Bb                        Dm 
Father, please hear my confession
[Verse]
       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 
Re-written history with armies and my crooks 
         C      Am       D 
Invented memories, I did burn all the books
[Chorus]
          Dm 
And I can still hear his laughter, 
          C              Am 
And I can still hear his song 
              Em 
The man's too big; 
              D C   D C  Cm G 
The man's too strong
[Instrumental]
Gm  D
[Verse]
       G                        D 
Well I tried to be meek, 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, that have made me alone 
            C    Am             D 
Striven for peace, which I have never known
[Chorus]
          Dm 
And I can still hear his laughter, 
          C              Am 
And I can still hear his song 
              Em 
The man's too big; 
              D C   D C  Cm G 
The man's too strong
[Instrumental]
Gm  D
[Verse]
         G                                   D 
Well the sun rose on the courtyard, and they all did hear him say 
     G                         D 
"You always was a Judas, but I got you anyway 
    G                               D 
You may have got your silver, but I swear upon my life 
                    C       Am               D 
Your sister gave me diamonds, and I gave 'em to your wife"
[Chorus]
                  Dm 
Oh father, please help me, 
    C           Am 
For I have done wrong 
              Em 
The man's too big; 
              D C   D C  Cm G 
The man's too strong
[Instrumental]
Gm  D C Cm G Gm D
 
D C  D C  C G
 
Gm  D C Cm G Gm D
 
C G D C G