Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) Styx
Subject: TAB:Blue Colllar Man -STYX
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 95 09:58:00 PST
TITLE: Blue Collar Man
GROUP: Styx
ALBUM: Pieces of Eight
MANF : A&M CD3224
A line of X's stand for a muted strum, in a vain attempt to
represent rhythm.
The keyboard intro can be simulated (and is later played):
(Guitar 1)
|-------------------------------------|--------------------| |--7-7-7-7---10---7-7-7-7----12--10---|--------------------| |*-7-7-7-7---10---7-7-7-7----12--10--*|-----------------2--| |*-7-7-7-7---10---7-7-7-7----12--10--*|-------0-3-2-0---0--| |-------------------------------------|-0-1-3---------3----| |-------------------------------------|--------------------|
(Guitar 2)
|--------------------| |--------------------| |-------7-10-9-7---7-| |-7-8-10---------10--| |--------------------| |--------------------|
(verse)
[D] [G] [Bb] [C] [D]
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7--x--7--7--x--x------------3--5--x--x--5--x--x--7--7-------------| |-7--x--7--7--x--x------------3--5--x--x--5--x--x--7--7-------------| |-5--x--5--5--x--x---5-x-5-5--1--3--x--x--3--x--x--5--5-------0--3--| |--------------------3-x-3-3----------------------------------------|
Give me a job, give me security. give me a chance to survive
My mother an father, my wife and my friends I see them laugh in my face
[D] [G] [Bb] [C] [B] [Bb] [A]
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7--x--7--7--x--x------------3--5--5--x--5--4--3--2----------------| |-7--x--7--7--x--x------------3--5--5--x--5--4--3--2----------------| |-5--x--5--5--x--x---5-x-5-5--1--3--3--x--3--2--1--0----------------| |--------------------3-x-3-3---------------------------3--1--0------|
I'm just a poor soul in the unemployement line, my God I'm hardly alive
But I've got the power, and I've got the will - I'm not a charity case.
I'll take those
|----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |--5---7-------5---------7------3---------5----5/7--7-7-7--| |--7---8-------5---------7------3---------5----5/7--7-7-7--| |-------------------------------1---------3----3/5--5-5-5--| |----------------------------------------------------------|
Long nights, impossible odds. Keepin my eye on the keyhole. If it takes
|--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--5---7-------5---------7-----------------------------------2-| |--7---8-------5---------7-------------------0-3--2---0------0-| |-----------------------------------0--1-3---------------3-----| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
All night to be just what I am I'm gonna be a blue collar man
Once more thru the keyboard riff, then thru the verse again.
Make me an offer, that I can't refuse.
Make me a respectable man.
This is my last time in the unemployement line,
so like it or not I'll take those...
then A muted tacit on D5, C5, Bb5, and A:
[D5]
||--------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------------| ||*-------------------------------------------------| ||*-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-| ||--5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-| ||--------------------------------------------------|
...man. Keepin my mind on a
Paradise. Can it be all I
[C5]
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-| |-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-| |-------------------------------------------------|
better life. Where
heard it was? I
[Bb5]
|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-| |-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-| |-------------------------------------------------|
happiness, is only a heartbeat
close my eyes, and maybe I'm already
A first time second time
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away.
there.
solo and repeat.
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