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: ----------- GUITAR KEYS ------------------ ------------ - x 5 7 7 x x - G7s - 3 5 3 5 3 3 --- A7s - 5 7 5 7 5 5 --- - x x 0 2 3 1 -- - 3 5 5 3 3 3 -#- - x 3 2 0 1 0 -- - x 0 2 2 2 0 -#- / - x x 0 3 3 3 -#- / - x x 0 0 1 0 -- - x 1 3 3 3 1 #-- / - x 3 3 2 1 1 -- As4 - x 0 2 2 3 0 -- / - x 1 2 0 1 0 -- INTRO: [10.125 M] ----- 'INTRO' Organ Transposed For Rhythm Guitar - NC G7s NC A7s G7s NC G7s NC A7s G7s NC + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G7s NC A7s G7s NC G7s NC A7s G7s NC 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + NC D5… 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + VERSE #1: [8 M] -------- Give me a job… Give me se-… cur-… i-ty… | | | | Give me chance to sur-vive… I'm just poor… soul… in the un-- -ploy-… ment… line… My God, I'm hard-ly a-live… My VERSE #2: [8 M] -------- mo-ther and fa-… ther,… my wife and my friends,… you've seen them laugh in my face… But I've 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' - --------- long… nights,… im-pos-si-ble… odds,… keep-in' my eye… in the key… …-hole… If it takes all… that… to be just what I am,… well I'm gon-na be a blue col-lar man… |NC D5|… | VERSE #3: [8 M] -------- Make me an of-… fer… that I… can't… re-fuse… Make me re-spect-a-ble,… man… This is my last… time… in the un-em- -ploy-… ment… line,… so like it or… not,… I'll take… those… CHORUS #2: [7 M] --------- long… nights,… im-pos-si-ble… odds,… keep-in' my back… to the wall… If it takes all… night… to be |/ | | just what I ,… well I' rath-er be blue col-lar man… BRIDGE #1: [8 M] --------- … Keep-… in'… my mind… on a bet-… ter life,… where… hap-… pi-ness… is on-ly a heart-… beat a-way… BRIDGE #2: [8 M] --------- Par-… a-dise,… can it… be all… I… heard… it was?… I… close… my eyes… and may-be… I'm al-… read-y there… GUITAR SOLO #1: [16 M] Play 'VERSE' Chord Pattern TWICE - ------------ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I'll take… those… CHORUS #3: [9 M] --------- long… nights,… im-pos-si-ble… odds,… keep-in' my back… to the wall… … 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] ------------ Do… do-do… do-do… do… do-do… Do… do-do… do-do… do… do-do… Do… do-do… do-do… do… do-do… Do… do-do… do-do… I'll take… those… CHORUS #4: [11 M] --------- long… nights,… im-pos-si-ble… odds,… keep-in' my eye… on the key… …-hole… If it takes all… night… to be just who I am,… well I'd rath-er be a blue col-lar, gon-… na be a blue col-lar, gon-… …-na be a blue col-lar man… CODA: [12 M] 1st 1/8-th Note ('NC') From 'CHORUS #4' Last Measure - ---- NC G7s NC A7s G7s NC G7s NC A7s G7s NC + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G7s NC A7s G7s NC G7s NC A7s G7s NC 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Retard… NC D5… NC D5… 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +