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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
 
 |---------------------------||---------------------|
 |---------------------------||---------------------|
 |---------------------------||---------------------|
 |-2-2-----------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
 |-0-0-0-/3-1-/5-3-/7-5-/8-7-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
 |---------------------------||---------------------|

away.
there.
solo and repeat.

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