Blue Collar Man

From: Dave Mosley
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 95 09:58:00 PST


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--| 
                                      |--------------------| 
                                      |--------------------| 


[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

|----------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------| 
|--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
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||*-------------------------------------------------|
||*-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
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-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
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-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
|---------------------------||---------------------| 
|---------------------------||---------------------| 
|---------------------------||---------------------| 
|-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.