Introdução
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 Dm Dm
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 the wars I used to play
Bb Dm
And I've called a tune to many a torture session.
Dm C
Now they say I am a war criminal, and I'm a-fading away.
Bb
Father, please hear my confession.
G D
I have legalized robbery and 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 C
The man's too big, the man's too strong
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:
I am just an ageing drummer boy
And in the wars I used to play
And I've called a tune to many-a-torture session
Now they say I am a war criminal
And I'm fading away
Father, please hear my confession
I have legalized robbery, called it belief
I have run with the money
I have a-hid like a thief
Re-written history with my armies and my crooks
Invented memories
I did burn all the books
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong
Well, I've tried to be meek
I have tried to be mild
But I spat like a woman and I sulked like a child
I have lived behind walls that have made me alone
Striven for peace
Which I never have known
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong
Well, the sun rose on the courtyard
And they all did hear him say
You always was a Judas, but I backed you anyway
You may have got your silver, but I swear upon my life
Your sister gave me diamonds
And I give 'em to your wife
Oh, Father, please help me
For I have done wrong
The man's too big
The man's too strong