Blue Collar Man Long Nights

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

verse

D G Bb C D

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|-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

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|-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--|
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Long nights, impossible odds. Keepin my eye on the keyhole. If it takes

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|--5---7-------5---------7-----------------------------------2-|
|--7---8-------5---------7-------------------0-3--2---0------0-|
|-----------------------------------0--1-3---------------3-----|
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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:

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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-|
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...man. Keepin my mind on a

Paradise. Can it be all I

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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-|
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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-|
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happiness, is only a heartbeat

close my eyes, and maybe I'm already

A first time second time

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|-0-0-0-/3-1-/5-3-/7-5-/8-7-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
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away.

there.

solo and repeat.