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Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)- Styx (Tommy Shaw, 1978)
Tabbed And Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
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 Guitar -
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# |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 |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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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 +
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