Blue Collar Man Chords by Styx

Tempo:
124.6 bpm
Chords used:

D

C

Bb

G

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Styx - Blue Collar Man chords
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[Dm]
[D]
[Dm] OOF
Don't
[Ab] [D]
give [G] me too much
[C]
Give me a [D] chance to survive
[Am]
I'm [D] just a poor soul in [G] [C]
this
My God, [Bb] I'm hardly [A] [G] alive
[Fm]
[E] [D] I'm [G]
[E] [C] just a machine [Am] with a mouth [D] in my [A] face
[D] I've [G] got the [C] will
I'm not [Bb] a [A] charity [G] guest
[E] I've [D] played for long nights [Gm] [D] Impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my eye to the [D] keyboard
Look at this
[Gm] I'm not just [D] what I [E] am
Well, I'm [Am] gonna be a [Dm] lover
[E] [Dm]
[D] Make me [Gm] up
I [G] [Bb] can't [C] refuse
Make me [D] respectable
[G] This [D] will be my last time
[Gm] [Em] [C]
[Bb] So lock [A] it all [G] [Ab] up
I've [E] played [D] for long nights [C] [D] Impossible [Bb] lies
[C] Keeping my mind [D] from the world
I'm not just [Gm] [D] what I am
[E] I'm [Dm] gonna be a lover Man
Keeping my [C] bed alive
Where [Bb] happiness
Is only a [D] heartbeat [E] [C] away
[D] Can it be all [C] it was?
I [Bb] close my eyes
And maybe I'm [Gm] [D] already there
[A]
[D] [G]
[Bb] [C] [D]
OOF
[Gm] [C]
[E] [D] I'm not just [G] [C]
[D] [C] what [G] I [C]
am
[A] I've [F]
[E] played [D] for long nights Impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my mind [D] from the world
I'm not [Gm] just [D] what I [E] am
[C] I'm gonna be a [Bb] lover Man
[C]
[Bb] You [F] [Bb] don't understand
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[C] I've played [D] for long nights [G] [D] Impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my mind [D] from the world
I'm not just what I [E] am
[Am] I'm gonna be a [Bb] lover [Am] Man
I'm gonna [Bb] [Dm] be [C] a [D] lover Man
[Dm]
OOF
[D] [F] [D] [Gm]
[Am] [F] [D] [G]
[Am] [Dm] [D]
[C] [Dm] [G] [C] [D]
Key:  
D
1321
C
3211
Bb
12341111
G
2131
E
2311
D
1321
C
3211
Bb
12341111
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To start learning Styx - (Album Version, Long Nights) Blue Collar Man chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Bb, C, D, Bb, D, G, D, Gm and D. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 62 BPM and then match the original tempo of 125 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Minor in mind.

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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Dm] OOF
Don't _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ give [G] me too much
[C] _
_ Give me a [D] chance to survive
[Am]
I'm [D] just a poor soul in [G] _ _ [C] _
this
My God, [Bb] I'm hardly [A] [G] alive
[Fm] _
[E] _ [D] I'm _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ [C] just a machine [Am] with a mouth [D] in my [A] face
[D] I've _ _ _ [G] _ got the [C] will
I'm not [Bb] a [A] charity [G] guest
[E] I've [D] played for long nights [Gm] _ [D] Impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my eye to the [D] keyboard
Look at this
[Gm] I'm not just [D] what I [E] am
Well, I'm [Am] gonna be a [Dm] lover _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Make me _ [Gm] up
I [G] [Bb] can't [C] refuse
Make me [D] respectable
_ [G] This [D] will be my last time
[Gm] _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _
[Bb] So lock [A] it all [G] [Ab] up
I've [E] played [D] for long nights [C] _ [D] Impossible [Bb] lies
[C] Keeping my mind [D] from the world
I'm not just [Gm] _ [D] what I am
[E] I'm [Dm] gonna be a lover Man
_ Keeping my _ [C] _ bed alive _ _
Where [Bb] happiness
_ Is only a [D] heartbeat _ _ [E] _ [C] away _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Can it be all [C] _ _ it was? _
I [Bb] close my eyes
And maybe I'm [Gm] [D] already there
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
OOF
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] [D] I'm not just _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] what _ _ _ [G] _ _ I [C]
am
_ _ _ _ [A] I've [F]
[E] played [D] for long nights Impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my mind _ [D] _ from the world
I'm not [Gm] just _ [D] what I [E] am
[C] I'm gonna be a [Bb] lover Man _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] You _ [F] _ _ [Bb] don't understand
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [C] I've played [D] for _ long nights [G] [D] Impossible lies
[Bb] Keeping [C] my mind [D] from the world
I'm not just _ _ _ what I [E] am
[Am] I'm gonna be a [Bb] lover [Am] Man
I'm gonna [Bb] _ [Dm] be [C] a [D] lover Man _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ OOF
_ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was penned by Tommy Shaw.

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