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Blue Collar Man Long Nights by Styx
Blue Collar Man Long Nights
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 +
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version 2
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
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|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--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-|
||--------------------------------------------------|
...man. Keepin my mind on a
Paradise. Can it be all I
C5
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-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.
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version 3
Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)
solo
^1/4 ^1/4
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8b10r8b10r8b10r8-8b10-8b10-8b10r8p6-8p6-----------6---6-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------7v----5h7---7---7-5-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------7-6-5--3----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------5vv|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------5-5--5-7b10r7v----|
D|---------3--5b7r5--3-5--5/7--7----------------|
A|-3-1-3/5--------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------13-------------------|
B|-/13b15--------10-13-13b15----15r13-10----------|
G|--------10v-12-------------------------12-10v---|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
^1/4
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------------xx-6v----------------------------------|
G|--7p5-------xx-7v----------------------------------|
D|------7-7p5-xx-7v-7-6-5-3-5b7-5-3-5-b7r5b7r5b7v----|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
^1/4
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-/5-------5v---7b9r7-7p6p5-----5-7-7p6p5p0-|
D|-----5-7------------------7p5--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5v--7b9-x-7-7b9r7v--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------10-----------10-----------10-|
D|------10-----10-----10-----10-----10--12-------10--12-------10--12---|
A|-10h12--10h12--10h12--10h12--10h12--10----10h12--10----10h12--10-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------10b13-r-10-------------------|
G|---------10--------10--------10--------------10-12-10-12--10--|
D|-----10-12-----10-12-----10-12--------------------------------|
A|-10h12-10--10h12-10--10h12-10---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------10-13----------6---6---------------------|
G|-12b14--------14r12-\7---7----7p5----------------|
D|----------------------------------7-6p5/3--------|
A|------------------------------------------5vv----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up | \ slide down
| h hammer-on | p pull-off
| b bend | r release bend
| ~ let ring |<7> harmonic
| x Mute note | v vibrato
^ also means bend
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version 4
Tuning: Standard
Song Order:
Intro
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Bridge
Solo
Chorus
Filler
Chorus
Outro
Intro (keyboard)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-3-3---6---3-3-3---9--6--------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2---5---2-2-2---7--5---------------(12br)-----------------------------|
D|-0-0-0---3---0-0-0---5--3----x2--------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Main Riff
Rhythm guitar
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------2---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0-3-2-0---0---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-1-3---------3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lead guitar
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------15-18-17--15--15-------------------------------------------------|
G|-14-15-17-------------17---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7-7-----------3/5-5--7------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-x-7-7--5---5-5--3/5-5--7------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-x-5-5--5-x-5-5--1/3-3--5------------------------------------------------|
E|----------3-x-3-3-------------5-8------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7-7-----------3/5-5--5-4-3-2------------------------------------------|
D|-7-x-7-7--5---5-5--3/5-5--5-4-3-2------------------------------------------|
A|-5-x-5-5--5-x-5-5--1/3-3--3-2-1-0------------------------------------------|
E|----------3-x-3-3-----------------3-1-0------------------------------------|
Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--10--7-7--9---3-3-3--5-----5--7-----------------------------------------|
D|-9--10--7-7--9---3-3-3--5-x-5-5--7-----------------------------------------|
A|-7------5-5--7---1-1-1--3-x-5-3--5-----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------3-------5-8------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--10--7-7--9--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--10--7-7--9--------0-3-2-0---0------------------------------------------|
A|-7------5-5--7--0-1-3---------3--------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge (muted)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------6--6-6--5------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------5--5-5--5---5--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------3--------------------|
A|-5-555-555-555-555-555-333-333-333--------------------3--------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-2-0-3-2-5-3-7-5-8-7-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------6--6-6--5------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------5--5-5--5---5---2-2-2-2----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------3---2-2-2-2----------------|
A|-5-555-555-555-555-555-333-333-333--------------3---0-0-0-0----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . .
Solo
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8brbrbr-8b-8brp6-6-------6-6----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------7-7--5-7--7---7p5-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------7-6-5-3---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------5-5--7br---------------------------------------|
D|---------3-5-5p3-3-3h5--5/7--7---------------------------------------------|
A|-/5-5-3-5------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------13-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13b-----------13b--13r-10-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----10--12/14------------12-10-10-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------12p10-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---12-------10---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12-x-x-x-10------------------------------/5----0-5--7br-7p6p5---5-7-7p6p5p0-|
D|---12-x-x-x-10--10-------------5b-5-3-5-5b-----5-7--------------7p5------------|
A|-12---x-x-x--------12-11-10-8------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5--7b-7-7br-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------10-------------------|
D|------10------10------10------10------10--------10--12---
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