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Blue Collar Man

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Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)- Styx (Tommy Shaw, 1978)
Tabbed And Chorded By: Zack Oxford.

4/4 TIME @ 124 BPM (4 Min. 4 Sec.) in 'F'.

Chords Used:
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               GUITAR               KEYS
          E  A  D  G  B  e     Bass|  Chord
         ------------------    --------------
D5     -  x  5  7  7  x  x      D    A-D
G7s    -  3  5  3  5  3  3      G    G-C-D-F
A7s    -  5  7  5  7  5  5      A    A-D-E-G
Dm     -  x  x  0  2  3  1      D    A-D-F
Gm     -  3  5  5  3  3  3      G    G-A#-D
C      -  x  3  2  0  1  0      C    G-C-E
A      -  x  0  2  2  2  0      A    A-C#-E
Gm/D   -  x  x  0  3  3  3      D    G-A#-D
C/D    -  x  x  0  0  1  0      D    G-C-E
A#     -  x  1  3  3  3  1      A#   A#-D-F
F/C    -  x  3  3  2  1  1      C    A-C-F
As4    -  x  0  2  2  3  0      A    A-D-E
C/A#   -  x  1  2  0  1  0      A#   G-C-E

INTRO: 10.125 M
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'INTRO' Organ Transposed For Guitar -

     D5    G7s     NC D5    A7s G7s NC D5    G7s     NC D5    A7s G7s NC
e|--|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
B|--|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
G|--|7-7---5---------|7-7---7---5-----|7-7---5---------|7-7---7---5-----|
D|00|7-7---3-------00|7-7---5---3---00|7-7---3-------00|7-7---5---3---00|
A|--|5-5---5---------|5-5---7---5-----|5-5---5---------|5-5---7---5-----|
E|--|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
  +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

  D5    G7s     NC D5    A7s G7s NC D5    G7s     NC D5    A7s G7s NC
e|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
B|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
G|7-7---5---------|7-7---7---5-----|7-7---5---------|7-7---7---5-----|
D|7-7---3-------00|7-7---5---3---00|7-7---3-------00|7-7---5---3-----|
A|5-5---5---------|5-5---7---5-----|5-5---5---------|5-5---7---5---0-|
E|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

  NC            D5...
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|--------------7-|----------------|
D|----0-3-2-0---7-|----------------|
A|1-3---------3-5-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

VERSE #1: 8 M
--------

|Dm                        |Gm              |
 Give me a job_ Give me se-_ cur-_ i-ty...

|C                            |Dm             |Dm                      |
  Give me a chance to sur-vive...   I'm just a poor_ soul_ in the un-em-

|Gm                   |C                      A   |...      |
-ploy-__ ment_ line...  My God, I'm hard-ly a-live...     My

VERSE #2: 8 M
--------

|Dm                        |Gm                       |
 mo-ther and fa-_ ther,_ my wife and my friends,...

|C                                 |Dm             |
  you've seen them laugh in my face...     But I've

|Dm                    |Gm                     |
 got the pow-_ er,_ and I've got_ the_ will,...

|C                    A   |...                 |
  I'm not a char-i-ty case... I'll take_ those_

CHORUS #1: 11 M Last 4.125 Measures = Last 4.125 Measures Of 'INTRO' -
---------

|Dm     Gm/D         |C/D         Dm        |A#          C              |
 long...nights,... im-pos-si-ble_ odds,...   keep-in' my eye_ in the key_

| Dm                 |Dm    Gm/D         |C/D         Dm             |
_-hole... If it takes all__ that... to be just what I am,... well I'm

|Dm                       NC |D5    G7s     NC|D5    A7s G7s NC|
 gon-na be a blue col-lar man...

|NC     D5|...     |

VERSE #3: 8 M
--------

|Dm                        |Gm                   |
 Make me an of-_ fer__ that I__ can't_ re-fuse...

|C                        |Dm                |Dm                      |
  Make me re-spect-a-ble,_ man...  This is my last_ time_ in the un-em-

|Gm                    |C                |A                       |
-ploy-__ ment_ line,...    so like it or_ not,__ I'll take_ those_

CHORUS #2: 7 M
---------

|Dm     Gm/D         |C/D         Dm        |
 long__ nights,... im-pos-si-ble_ odds,...    

|A#          C                | Dm             |Dm    Gm/D          |
 keep-in' my back_ to the wall...   If it takes all__ night... to be

|C/D         Dm             |Dm                           |
 just what I am,... well I'd rath-er be a blue col-lar man...

BRIDGE #1: 8 M
---------

|Dm      |Dm                       |Gm                  |F/C  C      |
...       Keep-_ in'_ my mind_ on a bet-__ ter life,...        where_

|A#                 |A#                 |Dm              |NC      |
 hap-__ pi-ness__ is on-ly a heart-...   beat a-way...

BRIDGE #2: 8 M
---------

|Dm                |Dm                 |Gm                 |F/C  C  |
 Par-__ a-dise,...  can it_ be all__ I_ heard__ it was?...        I_

|A#                   |A#                      As4  |...     |A       |
 close__ my eyes__ and may-be_ I'm al-_ read-y there...

GUITAR SOLO #1: 16 M Play 'VERSE' Chord Pattern TWICE -
--------------

|Dm      |Gm      |C       |Dm      |Dm      |Gm      |C       |A       |


|Dm      |Gm      |C       |Dm      |Dm      |Gm      |C       |

|A                   |
    I'll take_ those_

CHORUS #3: 9 M
---------

|Dm     Gm/D         |C/D         Dm        |A#          C                |
 long__ nights,... im-pos-si-ble_ odds,...   keep-in' my back_ to the wall...

| Dm             |Dm    Gm/D          |C/D         Dm    NC       |
...   If it takes all__ night... to be just what I am,... well I'm

|NC                       A# |A#      |A#      |
 gon-na be a blue col-lar man...

INTERLUDE #1: 8 M
------------

|A#     C/A#    A#|...  C/A#     |A#     C/A#    A#|...  C/A#     |
 Do_ do-do__ do-do_ do_ do-do...  Do_ do-do__ do-do_ do_ do-do...

|A#     C/A#    A#|...  C/A#     |A#     C/A#    A#|...     C/A#        |
 Do_ do-do__ do-do_ do_ do-do...  Do_ do-do__ do-do... I'll take_ those_

CHORUS #4: 11 M
---------

|Dm     Gm/D         |C/D         Dm        |A#          C              |
 long__ nights,... im-pos-si-ble_ odds,...   keep-in' my eye_ on the key_

| Dm                 |Dm    Gm/D          |C/D        Dm             |
_-hole... If it takes all__ night... to be just who I am,... well I'd

|A#           C                 |A#       C                |
 rath-er be a blue col-lar, gon-_ na be a blue col-lar, gon-_

|A#       C            Dm |Dm     |Dm     NC|
_-na be a blue col-lar man...

CODA: 12 M 1st 1/8-th Note ('NC') From 'CHORUS #4' Last Measure -
----

     D5    G7s     NC D5    A7s G7s NC D5    G7s     NC D5    A7s G7s NC
e|--|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
B|--|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
G|--|7-7---5---------|7-7---7---5-----|7-7---5---------|7-7---7---5-----|
D|00|7-7---3-------00|7-7---5---3---00|7-7---3-------00|7-7---5---3---00|
A|--|5-5---5---------|5-5---7---5-----|5-5---5---------|5-5---7---5-----|
E|--|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
  +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


  D5    G7s     NC D5    A7s G7s NC D5    G7s     NC D5    A7s G7s NC
e|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
B|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
G|7-7---5---------|7-7---7---5-----|7-7---5---------|7-7---7---5-----|
D|7-7---3-------00|7-7---5---3---00|7-7---3-------00|7-7---5---3-----|
A|5-5---5---------|5-5---7---5-----|5-5---5---------|5-5---7---5---0-|
E|------3---------|------5---3-----|------3---------|------5---3-----|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

                                    Retard... .. .
  NC            D5...               NC            D5...
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--------------7-|----------------|--------------7-|----------------|
D|----0-3-2-0---7-|----------------|----0-3-2-0---7-|----------------|
A|1-3---------3-5-|----------------|1-3---------3-5-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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