BlueCollarMan-CRD-TAB

Blue Collar Man - Styx (Tommy Shaw, 1978)

Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
4/4 TIME @ 116 BPM (3 Min. 52 Sec.) in 'F'.
Chords Used:
-----------

D5
G7s
A7s
Dm
Gm
C
A
Gm/D
C/D
A#
G7s/D
A7s/D
F/C
As4
C/A#
G6a9
F6a9

GUITAR
E A D G B e
-----------------x 5 7 7 x x
x x 5 7 6 8
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 5 5 7 6 8
x 5 5 7 5 5
x 3 3 2 1 1
x 0 2 2 3 0
x 1 2 0 1 0
x 7 7 7 8 7
x 5 5 5 6 5

KEYS
Bass|
Chord
---------------D
A-D
G
G-C-D-F
A
A-D-E-G
D
A-D-F
G
G-A#-D
C
G-C-E
A
A-C#-E
D
G-A#-D
D
G-C-E
A#
A#-D-F
D
G-C-D-F
D
A-D-E-G
C
A-C-F
A
A-D-E
A#
G-C-E
G
G-A-B-D-E
F
F-G-A-C-D

INTRO: [10.125 M]
----'INTRO' Guitar TAB D5
G7s
NC D5
A7s G7s NC D5
G7s
NC D5
A7s G7s NC
& 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1
2
3
4
e|--|------8>>>>>>>--|------10>>8>>>--|------8>>>>>>>--|------10>>8>>>--|
B|--|------6>>>>>>>--|------8>>>6>>>--|------6>>>>>>>--|------8>>>6>>>--|
G|--|7>7>>>7>>>>>>>--|7>7>>>9>>>7>>>--|7>7>>>7>>>>>>>--|7>7>>>9>>>7>>>--|
D|00|7>7>>>5>>>>>>>00|7>7>>>7>>>5>>>00|7>7>>>5>>>>>>>00|7>7>>>7>>>5>>>00|
A|--|5>5>>>----------|5>5>>>----------|5>5>>>----------|5>5>>>----------|
E|--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D5
G7s
NC D5
A7s G7s NC D5
G7s
NC D5
A7s G7s NC
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1
2
3
4
e|------8>>>>>>>--|------10>>8>>>--|------8>>>>>>>--|------10>>8>>>--|
B|------6>>>>>>>--|------8>>>6>>>--|------6>>>>>>>--|------8>>>6>>>--|
G|7>7>>>7>>>>>>>--|7>7>>>9>>>7>>>--|7>7>>>7>>>>>>>--|7>7>>>9>>>7>>>--|
D|7>7>>>5>>>>>>>00|7>7>>>7>>>5>>>00|7>7>>>5>>>>>>>00|7>7>>>7>>>5>>>00|
A|5>5>>>----------|5>5>>>----------|5>5>>>----------|5>5>>>----------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
NC

D5

e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|--------------7>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|
D|----0>3>2>0>--7>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|
A|1>3>--------3>5>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|
E|----------------|----------------|

BlueCollarMan-CRD-TAB
VERSE #1: [8 M]
-------|Dm
|Gm
Give me a job Give me se- cur- i-ty
|C

|Dm
Give me a chance to sur-vive

|Gm
-ploy-

|Dm
|
I'm just a poor soul in the un-em-

|C

A
|A
My God, I'm hard-ly a-live

ment line

|
My

VERSE #2: [8 M]
-------|Dm
|Gm
mo-ther and fa- ther, my wife and my friends,
|Dm
you've seen them laugh in my face

|C

|
But I've

|Dm
|Gm
got the pow- er, and I've got the will,

|C

A
|A
I'm not a char-i-ty case

I'll take those

CHORUS #1: [13 M]

--------|Dm
long
|Dm
-hole

Gm/D
nights,

|C/D
Dm
im-pos-si-ble odds,

|Dm
If it takes all

Gm/D
that

|C/D
Dm
to be just what I am,

|Dm
|D5 G7s/D|D5
gon-na be a blue col-lar man
|D5 G7s/D|D5

A7s/D G7s/D NC|

|A#
C
|
keep-in' my eye on the key
|
well I'm

A7s/D G7s/D |

D5|

VERSE #3: [8 M]
-------|Dm
Make me an of- fer

|Gm
that I

|
can't re-fuse

|C

|Dm
Make me re-spect-a-ble, man

|Gm
-ploy-

|C
ment line,

|Dm
|
This is my last time in the un-em-

|A
so like it or not,

|
I'll take those

CHORUS #2: [7 M]
--------|Dm
long

Gm/D
nights,

|C/D
Dm
im-pos-si-ble odds,

|A#
C
|Dm
keep-in' my back to the wall
|C/D
Dm
just what I am,

|Dm
If it takes all

Gm/D
night

|Dm
|
well I'd rath-er be a blue col-lar man

|
to be

BlueCollarMan-CRD-TAB
BRIDGE #1: [8 M]
--------|Dm

|Dm
|Gm
Keep- in' my mind on a bet-

|A#
hap-

pi-ness

|A#
is on-ly a heart-

|F/C

ter life,

where

|Dm
beat a-way

|NC

BRIDGE #2: [8 M]
--------|Dm
Par-

a-dise,

|A#
close

my eyes

|Dm
can it be all

|Gm
I heard

|F/C

|
I

|A#
As4 |As4
and may-be I'm al- read-y there

|A

it was?
|

|
I'll take those

CHORUS #3: [9 M]
--------|Dm
long
|Dm

Gm/D
nights,

|C/D
Dm
im-pos-si-ble odds,

|Dm
If it takes all

Gm/D
night

|A#
C
|
keep-in' my back to the wall

|C/D
Dm
to be just what I am,

|NC
A# |A#
gon-na be a blue col-lar man

|A#

NC
|
well I'm

INTERLUDE #1: [8 M]
-----------|A#
C/A#
A#|
C/A#
Do do-do do-do do do-do

|A#
C/A#
A#|
C/A#
Do do-do do-do do do-do

|A#
C/A#
A#|
C/A#
Do do-do do-do do do-do

|A#
C/A#
A#|
Do do-do do-do

C/A#
|
I'll take those

CHORUS #4: [10 M]

--------|Dm
long
| Dm
-hole

Gm/D
nights,

|C/D
Dm
im-pos-si-ble odds,

|Dm
If it takes all

Gm/D
night

|A#
C
|
keep-in' my eye on the key

|C/D
Dm
to be just who I am,

NC
|
well I'd

|NC
|NC
Dm |Dm
rath-er be a blue col-lar, gon- na be a blue col-lar man

|Dm

INTERLUDE #2: [4 M]
-----------1&2&3&4& 1&2& 3 & 4 & 1&2&3&4& 1&2& 3 & 4 &
|D5 G7s/D|D5 A7s/D G7s/D|D5 G7s/D|D5 A7s/D G7s/D|
CODA: [9 M]
---1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|D5
|NC

F6a9

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F6a9
D5|
G6a9
D5|
D5|

F6a9
F6a9

|A#

C
3

D5|

G6a9

NC|

Dm|

|Dm