Blue Collar Man Long Nights


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## 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.