Blue Collar Man Chords by Styx
Tempo:
118.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bb
C
Dm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh, bro!
Stick to this St.
Louis tonight, baby!
And if I'm not mistaken, everybody here all the way to the top of the hill came here for a rock show, right?
Are you ready?
Well, let's get it on!
[Dm]
Come on, baby!
[D]
Give me a job, [G] give me security
[Bb] [C] Give me a chance [D] to survive
[A] I'm just [D] a poor soul in [G] the unemployed [Bb] [C] marade
My [B] God, what [A] a year!
[Fm] [D] My mother and father, [G] my wife [Bb] and my [C] friends
You see them [D] around me [Am] [D] with a heart of power
[G] And [A] I've got [Bb] the will [C] to fight a [A] charity [G] case
[F] I've [Em] had [D] those [Gm] lonely nights, impossible [D] lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my eye on the [D] keyhole, baby
Take [Gm] all that to be just what [D] I am
[Bb] Well, I'm [D] going to be a profiler, man
[Dm] It's time [D] to get St.
Louis
[Dm]
Baby, [D]
you [G] can't [Bb] [C] refuse
Baby, respect [D] your old man
He's cut my last dime
And [G] the audit boy made [Bb] light
[C] Soon [B] I'll [A] [G] [Dm]
get her
[Gm] Long nights, [D] impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my back [D] to the wall
If it takes all that [Am] to be just [D] what I am
[Bb] Well, [D] I'm going to be a blue [Dm]-collar man
Keeping my [D] [C]
mind
[Bb] But happiness was only a [D] heartbeat
[E] [Dm] away
[Em] [F] [Gm] [Dm]
Paradise, can it be a [D] [C]
little [F] world?
[C] [Bb] I close my eyes, maybe I'm old
[G] [E]
[A] [Dm]
[Gm] [C]
[Dm] [D]
[G] [Bb] [C]
[Em] [F] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[D] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [Bb] [C]
[G] [A] [Gm]
[G] Impossible [D] [Bb] lies
Keeping [C] my [D] luck in hope
If it takes [G] all that to be [D] just what I am
[Am] Well, I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar man
[C] [Bb] [C]
[F] You don't [Bb] understand
[C]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [C] [Bb] [F]
[Dm] [Gm] [D]
[Bb] Keeping [C] my back to the [D] wall
[Gm] If it takes all that to be just [D] what I am
[E] Well, [Dm] I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar man
[C] I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar [Dm] man
I'm going to be a [D] blue-collar man
[Dm]
J .Y.
[F] [Dm]
[G] [F] [Dm] [F] [Dm]
[G] [F] [D]
Be a little
[Bb] [Dm] [D]
[E] [Dm]
[D] [Em] [N]
Stick to this St.
Louis tonight, baby!
And if I'm not mistaken, everybody here all the way to the top of the hill came here for a rock show, right?
Are you ready?
Well, let's get it on!
[Dm]
Come on, baby!
[D]
Give me a job, [G] give me security
[Bb] [C] Give me a chance [D] to survive
[A] I'm just [D] a poor soul in [G] the unemployed [Bb] [C] marade
My [B] God, what [A] a year!
[Fm] [D] My mother and father, [G] my wife [Bb] and my [C] friends
You see them [D] around me [Am] [D] with a heart of power
[G] And [A] I've got [Bb] the will [C] to fight a [A] charity [G] case
[F] I've [Em] had [D] those [Gm] lonely nights, impossible [D] lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my eye on the [D] keyhole, baby
Take [Gm] all that to be just what [D] I am
[Bb] Well, I'm [D] going to be a profiler, man
[Dm] It's time [D] to get St.
Louis
[Dm]
Baby, [D]
you [G] can't [Bb] [C] refuse
Baby, respect [D] your old man
He's cut my last dime
And [G] the audit boy made [Bb] light
[C] Soon [B] I'll [A] [G] [Dm]
get her
[Gm] Long nights, [D] impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my back [D] to the wall
If it takes all that [Am] to be just [D] what I am
[Bb] Well, [D] I'm going to be a blue [Dm]-collar man
Keeping my [D] [C]
mind
[Bb] But happiness was only a [D] heartbeat
[E] [Dm] away
[Em] [F] [Gm] [Dm]
Paradise, can it be a [D] [C]
little [F] world?
[C] [Bb] I close my eyes, maybe I'm old
[G] [E]
[A] [Dm]
[Gm] [C]
[Dm] [D]
[G] [Bb] [C]
[Em] [F] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[D] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [Bb] [C]
[G] [A] [Gm]
[G] Impossible [D] [Bb] lies
Keeping [C] my [D] luck in hope
If it takes [G] all that to be [D] just what I am
[Am] Well, I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar man
[C] [Bb] [C]
[F] You don't [Bb] understand
[C]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [C] [Bb] [F]
[Dm] [Gm] [D]
[Bb] Keeping [C] my back to the [D] wall
[Gm] If it takes all that to be just [D] what I am
[E] Well, [Dm] I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar man
[C] I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar [Dm] man
I'm going to be a [D] blue-collar man
[Dm]
J .Y.
[F] [Dm]
[G] [F] [Dm] [F] [Dm]
[G] [F] [D]
Be a little
[Bb] [Dm] [D]
[E] [Dm]
[D] [Em] [N]
Key:
D
Bb
C
Dm
G
D
Bb
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, bro!
_ _ _ _ _ Stick to this St.
Louis tonight, baby! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And if I'm not mistaken, everybody here all the way to the top of the hill came here for a rock show, right?
_ _ Are you ready? _
_ Well, let's get it on!
[Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come on, baby!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ Give me a job, [G] give me security
[Bb] _ [C] _ Give me a chance [D] to survive
[A] _ I'm just [D] a poor soul in [G] the unemployed _ [Bb] _ [C] marade
My [B] God, what [A] a year!
_ [Fm] _ _ [D] My mother and father, [G] my wife [Bb] and my [C] friends
You see them [D] around me _ _ [Am] _ [D] with a heart of power
[G] And [A] I've got [Bb] the will [C] to fight a [A] charity [G] case
[F] I've [Em] had [D] those [Gm] lonely nights, impossible [D] lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my eye on the [D] _ keyhole, baby
Take [Gm] all that to be just what [D] I am
[Bb] Well, I'm [D] going to be a profiler, man
[Dm] It's time [D] to get St.
Louis
_ [Dm]
Baby, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ you _ [G] _ can't [Bb] [C] refuse
Baby, respect [D] your old man
He's cut my last dime
And [G] the audit boy made [Bb] light
[C] _ Soon [B] I'll [A] _ [G] _ [Dm]
get her
[Gm] Long nights, _ [D] impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my back [D] to the wall
If it takes all that [Am] to be just [D] what I am
[Bb] Well, [D] I'm going to be a blue [Dm]-collar man
_ Keeping my [D] _ _ [C] _
mind
_ _ _ [Bb] But happiness was only a [D] heartbeat _
[E] [Dm] away
[Em] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _
Paradise, can it be a [D] _ [C] _
little [F] world?
[C] _ _ [Bb] I close my eyes, maybe I'm old
[G] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Impossible [D] _ [Bb] lies
Keeping [C] my [D] luck in hope
If it takes [G] all that to be [D] just what I am
[Am] Well, I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar man _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
[F] You don't _ [Bb] understand
[C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bb] Keeping [C] my back to the [D] wall _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ If it takes all that to be just [D] what I am
[E] Well, [Dm] I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar man
[C] I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar [Dm] man
I'm going to be a [D] blue-collar man _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
J _ _ .Y. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Be a little
_ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, bro!
_ _ _ _ _ Stick to this St.
Louis tonight, baby! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And if I'm not mistaken, everybody here all the way to the top of the hill came here for a rock show, right?
_ _ Are you ready? _
_ Well, let's get it on!
[Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come on, baby!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ Give me a job, [G] give me security
[Bb] _ [C] _ Give me a chance [D] to survive
[A] _ I'm just [D] a poor soul in [G] the unemployed _ [Bb] _ [C] marade
My [B] God, what [A] a year!
_ [Fm] _ _ [D] My mother and father, [G] my wife [Bb] and my [C] friends
You see them [D] around me _ _ [Am] _ [D] with a heart of power
[G] And [A] I've got [Bb] the will [C] to fight a [A] charity [G] case
[F] I've [Em] had [D] those [Gm] lonely nights, impossible [D] lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my eye on the [D] _ keyhole, baby
Take [Gm] all that to be just what [D] I am
[Bb] Well, I'm [D] going to be a profiler, man
[Dm] It's time [D] to get St.
Louis
_ [Dm]
Baby, _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ you _ [G] _ can't [Bb] [C] refuse
Baby, respect [D] your old man
He's cut my last dime
And [G] the audit boy made [Bb] light
[C] _ Soon [B] I'll [A] _ [G] _ [Dm]
get her
[Gm] Long nights, _ [D] impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my back [D] to the wall
If it takes all that [Am] to be just [D] what I am
[Bb] Well, [D] I'm going to be a blue [Dm]-collar man
_ Keeping my [D] _ _ [C] _
mind
_ _ _ [Bb] But happiness was only a [D] heartbeat _
[E] [Dm] away
[Em] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _
Paradise, can it be a [D] _ [C] _
little [F] world?
[C] _ _ [Bb] I close my eyes, maybe I'm old
[G] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Impossible [D] _ [Bb] lies
Keeping [C] my [D] luck in hope
If it takes [G] all that to be [D] just what I am
[Am] Well, I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar man _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
[F] You don't _ [Bb] understand
[C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bb] Keeping [C] my back to the [D] wall _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ If it takes all that to be just [D] what I am
[E] Well, [Dm] I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar man
[C] I'm going to be a blue [Bb]-collar [Dm] man
I'm going to be a [D] blue-collar man _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
J _ _ .Y. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Be a little
_ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _