[Intro]
(Dm C Bb Dm) x2
[Versetto]
     Dm                            
I am just an aging drummer boy, and
        C 
 in the wars I used to play 
I am just an aging drummer boy, and in the wars I used to play 
         Bb                       
And I've called the tune to many a
         Dm 
 torture session 
And I've called the tune to many a torture session 
                                     
Now they say I am a war criminal, and
     C 
 I'm fading away 
Now they say I am a war criminal, and I'm fading away 
Bb                        Dm 
Father, please hear my confession
[Versetto]
       G                  D 
I have legalized robbery, called it
 belief 
I have legalized robbery, called it belief 
       G                          D 
I have run with the money, I have hid
 like a thief 
I have run with the money, I have hid like a thief 
G                       D 
Re-written history with armies and my
 crooks 
Re-written history with armies and my crooks 
         C      Am       D 
Invented memories, I did burn all the
 books
Invented memories, I did burn all the books
[Ritornello]
          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
[Strumentale]
Gm  D
[Versetto]
       G                        D 
Well I tried to be meek, I have tried
 to be mild 
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 
But I spat like a woman, and sulked like a child 
       G                            
I have lived behind walls, that have
 D 
 made me alone 
I have lived behind walls, that have made me alone 
            C    Am             D 
Striven for peace, which I have never
 known
Striven for peace, which I have never known
[Ritornello]
          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
[Strumentale]
Gm  D
[Versetto]
         G                         
Well the sun rose on the courtyard,
          D 
 and they all did hear him say 
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 
"You always was a Judas, but I got you anyway 
    G                              
You may have got your silver, but I
 D 
 swear upon my life 
You may have got your silver, but I swear upon my life 
                    C       Am     
Your sister gave me diamonds, and I
          D 
 gave 'em to your wife"
Your sister gave me diamonds, and I gave 'em to your wife"
[Ritornello]
                  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
[Strumentale]
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