Blue Collar Man Long Nights

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 From: Dave Mosley  
  
   
 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.