Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)- Styx (Tommy Shaw, 1978)
Tabbed And Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
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
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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 Rhythm Guitar -
NC 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]
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|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]
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|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' -
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|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]
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|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]
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|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]
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|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]
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|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 -
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|Dm |Gm |C |Dm |Dm |Gm |C |A |
|Dm |Gm |C |Dm |Dm |Gm |C |
|A |
I'll take… those…
CHORUS #3: [9 M]
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|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# |
gon-na be a blue col-lar man…
INTERLUDE #1: [8 M]
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|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]
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|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 NC|
…-na be a blue col-lar man…
CODA: [12 M] 1st 1/8-th Note ('NC') From 'CHORUS #4' Last Measure -
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NC 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 +
