Mans Too Strong tab by Dire Straits

Again, here's my version:

SONG: The Man's Too Strong
ARTIST: Dire Straits
ALBUM: Brothers In Arms (1985)

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  D  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-

Jim!
jreese@leland.stanford.edu