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From: Dave Mosley 
Subject: TAB:Blue Colllar Man -STYX
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 95 09:58:00 PST


TITLE: Blue Collar Man
GROUP: Styx
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 ..

 My ...


  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 ...

 But ... 
I'll ..




|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--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 ...


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

  All ..


Once ....


Make ...
Make ...
This ..
so ...

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..

  Paradise..

  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 ...

  heard ..
  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...

  close ..


  A               ..
|---------------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------------||---------------------|
|---------------------------||---------------------|
|-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.

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