Biography:
Styx /st?ks/ is an American rock band from Chicago that formed in 1972 and became famous for its albums released in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for melding hard rock guitar balanced with acoustic guitar, synthesizers mixed with acoustic piano, upbeat tracks with power ballads, and incorporating elements of international musical theatre.[5] The band established itself with a progressive rock sound in the 1970s, and began to incorporate pop rock and soft rock elements in the 1980s.
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Other songs:
- Best Of Times
- Blue Collar Man (long Nights)
- Boat On The River
- Can't Find My Way Home
- Come Sail Away
- Crystal Ball
- Desrt Moon
- Just Be
- Lady
- Mr. Roboto
- A Criminal Mind
- All In A Days Work
- As Bad As This
- Babe
- Blue Collar Man Long Nights
- Count On You
- Desert Moon
- Dont Let It End
- Fooling Yourself
- Fooling Yourself The Angry Young Man
- Golden Lark
- Gone Gone Gone
- Grand Illusion
- Great White Hope
- Havent We Been Here Before
- Im Ok
- Just Get Through This Night
- Lords Of The Ring
- Lorelai
- Lorelei
- Love At First Sight
- Mademoiselle
- Man In The Wilderness
- More Love For The Money
- Mr Roboto
- One With Everything
- Radio Silence
- Renegade
- Rockin The Paradise
- Show Me The Way
- Sing For The Day
- Suite Madame Blue
- The Best Of Times
- The Greater Good
- The Outpost
- Too Much Time On My Hands
- Unfinished Song
- Waiting For Our Time
- World Tonite
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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:
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GUITAR KEYS
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
------------------ --------------
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]
--------
|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]
--------
|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]
---------
|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]
---------
|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]
---------
|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]
---------
|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]
---------
|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 +
Tabbed And Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 124 BPM (4 Min. 4 Sec.) in 'F'.
Chords Used:
-----------
GUITAR KEYS
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
------------------ --------------
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]
--------
|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]
--------
|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' -
---------
|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]
--------
|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]
---------
|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]
---------
|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]
---------
|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 -
--------------
|Dm |Gm |C |Dm |Dm |Gm |C |A |
|Dm |Gm |C |Dm |Dm |Gm |C |
|A |
I'll take… those…
CHORUS #3: [9 M]
---------
|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]
------------
|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]
---------
|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 -
----
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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