The Man's Too Strong | Mark Knopfler Songbook | Chords

[@rickandmortyfan649]

I've been playing for 35 years and threw away my picks in 2001. This is absolutely my favourite song in the world and have developed it without a pick. Your tutorial proves that even this old dog can learn new tricks! Thank you very much for this.

[@oliverthorgrimson5883]

It's quite amazing what you can do with a simple D, C, G chords

[@phquiste3504]

Thank you for all this content on Mark Knopfler. My father and I love his music, so I really appreciate it! Much love from Brazil

[@paultownsend6043]

What a freaking awsome tune, remember when i first heard it when i was around 12 years old, blew my mind, and still does. Thanks again Pavel.

[@PlasticKelly]

Learned this song a few years ago and can play it pretty good....mostly. Your instruction on proper fingerings and chord changes at the end will help me pull it all together now. And it's one of the few songs I can sing....sort of. Thank you for your help! Love how you teach too.

[@patlesage1256]

Hi Pavel ! Great video and analyse one more time.😊👍 "The man's too strong" still have been one of my favourite song from BIA album and MK's song. I was 15 years old when this album explosed in the entire world. I still thought that real MK fans have seen the B Side of the album much more private...sad..intimate and soulfull than the A Side. In each word I can easily feeling Mark the jounalist...everbody knows what about Mark is talking about in this poem...song... I've still be affraid by some magically words inspired once again that Mark is singing...hard to thinck of who's hidden behind... "And I can still hear his laughter and I can still hear his song"... I'm still feeling shivers till 1985 just when Mark is singing these words. But I adore the A Side of BIA too...!!!... It's much more sunny, cheerful without a real link beetween each song. Awsome ballad (So far away), Big Rock (Money for nothing), frenzied Country Blues (Walk of life), Fantastic sweet pop love song (Your latest trick) and an ideal poem as a child's lullaby (Why whorry). And...at the opposite...the B Side...for me...is really almost a thematic block... The war of course... Mark had been really much inspired by the conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina in the Falklands...a great part of these songs were written in New-York City. And in 1985 I could see Mark and the Band Live singing all these new songs Live..😍... I wasn't on the ground during all the show...and two surprises let me down...First he sung "The man's too strong"😛...and Sting was there to sing "Money for nothing"... A perfect day..🎼🎵🎶🎸🍀 Thanck you Pavel...you're making a great work...😉👍

[@andrewrudenko7642]

Паша, вещь - сильнейшая! Исполнение - так же!

[@PavelFomenkov]

Спасибо!

[@GibsonLPfan2024]

Thanks Pavel, another great tutorial and one of the early straits songs that inspired me to learn to play. You make all of these MK and straits songs so much more accessible to learn. Big thanks again!

[@hicsunt5043]

I love your playing. I can't wait to dive into your lessons.

[@graemethorne4540]

After watching this I'm subscribed, fantastic teacher thanks

[@PavelFomenkov]

You're welcome! Feel free to ask questions and request songs.

[@wazza0320]

Yes!!! Thank you Pavel!🙏

[@asmundlunde7762]

This made my day:) And the «talking around the song» is much appreciated!

[@Philiprreeves]

Another awesome video. Can't wait to see you do "In the Heartland"

[@Cappaghgrove]

Thank you Pavel. This is great

[@anglianreed5218]

I was hoping you'd get around to this one. Thanks very much!

[@Crotalus87]

Awesome song choice! I was coincidentally trying to learn this one from other covers the same day you posted it. It is much harder to play with a pick than I thought it would be lol. Great job as usual

[@PavelFomenkov]

What a coincidence! And it's also a coincidence that I also think it's harder to play it with a pick, haha. Thank you Anish!

[@iamjesper]

Great playing man! Love Marks acoustic parts on this song

[@Leo-gx8lg]

Lovely guitar tone and nicely played.

[@remyvaartjes]

Nice one, thank you, Pavel! Probably the first song that really made me want to able to play guitar, when I was a kid.

[@dennislarimore9409]

Brillant! Well done and thank you!!!

[@androwerks6665]

wonderful! Awesome lesson, thank you

[@DanilaDorokhin]

Прекрасная песня и как всегда отличный разбор. Спасибо!)

[@PavelFomenkov]

Спасибо большое!

[@ml9586]

Thanks you Pavel for this and the others, nice tutorial

[@simonk5019]

Thank you very much! This is a Song i‘ve wanted to learn since i first listened to it

[@KingsizeMusicOfficial]

At last - someone who plays the intro correctly - great job & now subscribed!

[@BloxUrbex_Blox]

ohhhh mannn, that's my favourite song, i have been looking for a long time until today! Thank you so much for make it!!

[@garethmartyndavies2250]

Amazing lesson 🙌

[@mrvaro48]

Bravo come sempre

[@philsmith214]

Excellent job again 👍👍👍 great job man

[@bradgoose]

Very enjoyable Pavel - many, many thanks. This was one of my two requests going back some time and boy what a treat! My 6 year old son knows who you are from passing exposure and is also learning from you, so fingers crossed, there seems to be hope for the next generation 😁 Gravy Train was the other humble request - which has just been released on most steaming platforms as of yesterday and would be your first B side song to get the Pavel magic…

[@zaplohov59]

Как же долго я этого ждал. Круто!

[@srinandn11]

Oh so clean!! Great singing on the intro too. Sounds just like the original. Thank you Pavel👌🏽

[@garethmartyndavies2250]

Brilliant🇬🇧🙌

[@jeffjeff370]

hey Pavel!! i play this tune fore years, and i am happy to see we both use the same Gm shape hahaha, tho i know ist done with a pick i always do the song without. nice keep it up!

[@dietsdontworkuk]

wow what a great video, streets ahead of any other "man's too strong" lessons out there. Love the Beatles bit, plus Bach and a bit of theory thrown it. Kudos, well done :)

[@PavelFomenkov]

Thank you so much!

[@ClassicVibes_69]

Thank You Pavel for this great session. Finally a proper breakdown of this fabulous song, helps a lot. I always found the live Wembley version very cool played with that Ovation style guitar, very specific sound in combination with Mark’s voice and the drums part. All Best from Holland, Michael

[@alexkryszkiewicz980]

Excellent tutorial as always Pavel. Only thing I've never been able to do is get the end sequence to sound right. I would love to get a simple look at the chord sequence as it seems to be altered on the second time around, which helps resolve and make the ending so magic like sun after a clearing thunderstorm.

[@philguiseppe7992]

Thanks soooo much. Your vids are my favourites. Always great songs with cool balance of finger style/plucking, interesting rhythm, theory (a bit lost on me 😂), and background. You have opened many doors to my progress! 🙏

[@mep1624]

Well Done

[@pedrohenriqueregisdequeiro753]

Sou fã de Mark!! Então agora sou seu fã !!

[@thesword-sapdog322]

Awesome.

[@jesteronetime]

now I've been shown i guess I' have too learn it right...mad vid 10/10

[@robvogelaar7415]

Fabulous

[@anitajohannadrost]

Interesting 👍😁🇳🇱thank you!

[@jurgenmaes7690]

Super 🤩

[@mariottmm]

Thankiuuuuu!!

[@joemason9187]

Mint awesome

[@philipphafner131]

Absolutely fantastic and precise delivery Pavel. But my question is: will there ever be a MK-guitarpart that is straightforward? The Intro drives me already nuts again :) what a genius he is. Thank you so much for your work

[@PavelFomenkov]

Thank you! On my MKSB website I listed beginner-friendly songs, you may check it out. Mark's songbook offers a wide variety and different difficulty levels.

[@keiserwill]

This is a fantastic tutorial, a timeless song broken down to its roots, thanks so much, you’re making this possible. What’s the guitar btw, great tone

[@mimmosonic]

Gorgeus

[@dougymc]

Gee, that D folk/blues crossover you mentioned sounds very much similar to Ballad of Hollis Brown by Dylan.

[@jesteronetime]

10/10.

[@nckshnr4962]

Thank you Pavel. I am trying to learn Mark’s songs. Can you teach us Madam Geneva’s.

[@PavelFomenkov]

I have two videos on that song :) Performance and discussion, it's on my channel and on the website

[@rodrigosardenberg6246]

Great work! Have you done I think I love you too much? Thanks !

[@peter9910]

The guitar Mark uses in this song is the baritone acoustic, not national (see Wembley '85)

[@peter9910]

Not baritone, excuse me, looks like Adamas

[@peromudrac]

Again, very nice job. PS I can not hear a resonator guitar on the track, I believe Mark used an Ovation Adamas guitar, it sounds like that one was used.

[@PavelFomenkov]

Yes, I meant slide parts for sure, never thought about the confusion but it's true.

[@peromudrac]

@@PavelFomenkov ah ok, sorry didn't catch it at the first

[@BloxUrbex_Blox]

Hi friend, what type of strings you used in this great video?

[@PavelFomenkov]

I used D'Addario XT Phosphor Bronze 12-53 strings.

[@BloxUrbex_Blox]

@@PavelFomenkov thank You so much!

[@Flipper603]

Павел, спасибо Вам за ваш труд! Но не было ли бы для вас сложным добавлять субтитры на русском языке?

[@FxnWaySheGoes]

I may have missed it but whats the strumming pattern for the chords?

[@jacquesd5781]

A few misplaced chord patterns here and there (e.g. after the first chorus), but otherwise a pretty cool cover! Cheers!

[@Pongant]

I don't get the melody of the intro, logically. It feels so shuffled

[@mikolaj00]

Hey, what pick do you use ?

[@PavelFomenkov]

That's a tough question! I think this pick was Gibson Medium pick, it's already worn so can't tell exactly, but I remember it being this Gibson pick.

[@mikolaj00]

@@PavelFomenkov thanks, I think it doesn't sound like a thick pick, rather around 1.0 or less guessing by the percussive sound it makes

[@josepedroso8667]

🙋‍♂️👌💪🎯

[@gronfolk3581]

Why don't you simply explain how to play this song?

[@PavelFomenkov]

So what I did instead?

[@gronfolk3581]

@@PavelFomenkov calm, I only wanted to say that, ok I understand the chords and the question of muting the strings, but I didn’t understand pratically what notes you play and how to connect them to the chords

[@garethmartyndavies2250]

It was explained excellently, very difficult to get your head round Marks playing