INTRO: VERSE #1: 8 M -------- |Dm |Gm | Give me a job… Give me se-… cur-… i-ty… |C |Dm |Dm | Give me a chance to sur-vive… I'm just a poor… soul… in the un-em- |Gm |C A |… | -ploy-… ment… line… My God, I'm hard-ly a-live… My VERSE #2: 8 M -------- |Dm |Gm | mo-ther and fa-… ther,… my wife and my friends,… |C |Dm | you've seen them laugh in my face… But I've |Dm |Gm | got the pow-… er,… and I've got… the… will,… |C A |… | I'm not a char-i-ty case… I'll take… those… CHORUS #1: 11 M Last 4.125 Measures = Last 4.125 Measures Of 'INTRO' - --------- |Dm Gm/D |C/D Dm |A# C | long… nights,… im-pos-si-ble… odds,… keep-in' my eye… in the key… |…Dm |Dm Gm/D |C/D Dm | …-hole… If it takes all… that… to be just what I am,… well I'm |Dm NC |D5 G7s NC|D5 A7s G7s NC| gon-na be a blue col-lar man… |NC D5|… | VERSE #3: 8 M -------- |Dm |Gm | Make me an of-… fer… that I… can't… re-fuse… |C |Dm |Dm | Make me re-spect-a-ble,… man… This is my last… time… in the un-em- |Gm |C |A | -ploy-… ment… line,… so like it or… not,… I'll take… those… CHORUS #2: 7 M --------- |Dm Gm/D |C/D Dm | long… nights,… im-pos-si-ble… odds,… |A# C | Dm |Dm Gm/D | keep-in' my back… to the wall… If it takes all… night… to be |C/D Dm |Dm | just what I am,… well I'd rath-er be a blue col-lar man… BRIDGE #1: 8 M --------- |Dm |Dm |Gm |F/C C | … Keep-… in'… my mind… on a bet-… ter life,… where… |A# |A# |Dm |NC | hap-… pi-ness… is on-ly a heart-… beat a-way… BRIDGE #2: 8 M --------- |Dm |Dm |Gm |F/C C | Par-… a-dise,… can it… be all… I… heard… it was?… I… |A# |A# As4 |… |A | close… my eyes… and may-be… I'm al-… read-y there… GUITAR SOLO #1: 16 M Play 'VERSE' Chord Pattern TWICE - -------------- |Dm |Gm |C |Dm |Dm |Gm |C |A | |Dm |Gm |C |Dm |Dm |Gm |C | |A | I'll take… those… CHORUS #3: 9 M --------- |Dm Gm/D |C/D Dm |A# C | long… nights,… im-pos-si-ble… odds,… keep-in' my back… to the wall… |…Dm |Dm Gm/D |C/D Dm NC | … If it takes all… night… to be just what I am,… well I'm |NC A# |… |A# | gon-na be a blue col-lar man… INTERLUDE #1: 8 M ------------ |A# C/A# A#|… C/A# |A# C/A# A#|… C/A# | Do… do-do… do-do… do… do-do… Do… do-do… do-do… do… do-do… |A# C/A# A#|… C/A# |A# C/A# A#|… C/A# | Do… do-do… do-do… do… do-do… Do… do-do… do-do… I'll take… those… CHORUS #4: 11 M --------- |Dm Gm/D |C/D Dm |A# C | long… nights,… im-pos-si-ble… odds,… keep-in' my eye… on the key… |…Dm |Dm Gm/D |C/D Dm | …-hole… If it takes all… night… to be just who I am,… well I'd |A# C |A# C | rath-er be a blue col-lar, gon-… na be a blue col-lar, gon-… |A# C Dm |… |Dm NC| …-na be a blue col-lar man… CODA: 12 M 1st 1/8-th Note ('NC') From 'CHORUS #4' Last Measure - ----
