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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–|
|——————–|
|——————–|
|——————————————————————-|
|——————————————————————-|
|-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
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|——————————————————————-|
|-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
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||*-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-|
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…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
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|————————————————-|
|————————————————-|
|-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
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|—————————||———————|
|—————————||———————|
|-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.
