• Song:

    Blue Collar Man (live)

  • Artist:

    Styx

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Styx - Blue Collar Man
Return to Paradise
Tabbed by: Andy M
Questions: Andybass90@cs.com

Guitar 1 - Tommy Shaw
Guitar 2 - James Young (JY)

Intro: (Keyboard on Guitar)
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-7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10----
-7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10---- x2 
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-5b7r5~A.H.-----------------10-7---------10-12b14r12b14-- (On 2nd 
----------------------/7-7-------------------------------  time)  
--------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------------- 

Intro End:
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------------------
------------------
-------0-3-2---0--
-0-1-3-------3----
------------------
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----------------------
----------------------
--------7-10-9----7---
-7-8-10--------10-----
----------------------
----------------------

Verse:
				    1&3 end       2&4 end 
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-7-x-7-x-7-x-----------3-5-x-5-x-5-|--7-7--------|-------------
-5-x-5-x-5-x--5-x-5-x--1-3-x-3-x-3-|--5-5--0-3---|-7--5--3--2--
--------------3-x-3-x--------------|-------------|-5--3--1--0--
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-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------0-3---|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-5~-3~-1~-0~-


Chorus:
Guitar 1 only
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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--
----------------------------------------------------------

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

Play Intro + Intro End

Verse:
				              1st end       2nd end 
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-7-x-7-x-7-x-----------3-5-x-5-x-5-|--7-7--------|-------------
-5-x-5-x-5-x--5-x-5-x--1-3-x-3-x-3-|--5-5--0-3---|-7--5--3--2--
--------------3-x-3-x--------------|-------------|-5--3--1--0--
|
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------
-----------------------------------|-xxxx-12~10~-|-------------
-----------------------------------|-xxxx-12-----|-------------
-----------------------------------|-------------|-5~-3~-1~-0~-

Play Chorus

Interlude: (Palm Muted Throughout for Guitar 1)

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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--
-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5--
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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--
-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3--
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--------------------6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6-5-3-1-
--------------------5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-
--------------------3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-
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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--
-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1-x-x-1--
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-3~-------------------------------------------
-1~-------------------------------------------
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-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2--
-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-0--
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------------------------0-2-0/3-2/5-3/7-5/8-7- Interlude x2
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Tommy Shaw Solo:
(2nd Guitar plays Verse behind Solo)

---------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------6------6~------------------
-12b14-12b14-12b14-14-14--7-7--5h7----5h7----7-5-7-5-----------
-----------------------------------------------------7-5-------
---------------------------------------------------------8~---
---------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------13-------
-------------------------------------------------13-13b15----15r13-
-------------------------5---5-7-7b9r7--15b17-10-------------------
-----3-0-3/5-5b7r5p3-/7---7---------------------------------------
-0-3---------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------10------------------------------------------
-10-7---10-7-10-7--10--7-10-7----------------------------------
------------------------------10-7-----------------------------
-----------------------------------10-8-10-10b12-10-8-10b12---
---------------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-5-0-5-7-7b9-7-7p5-7-7-5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5--7-7b9r7p5-5h7p5------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------13b15--
-5-5p0-0-10p0-0-5p0-0-10p0-0-5p0-0-10p0-0-5p0-0-10p0-15b17-15b17--------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Play Chorus

Interlude 2:
(Drums play a snare roll for two measures than this comes in)
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--6--6-5--5--3-3--3/5--6--6-5--5--3-3--3/5-------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------- x2
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Play Chorus

Play Intro End x3 (Listen for timing. For the first two times, 
skip the last note which is an 0 on the D)

Pre-Ending Part 1
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-------------------
--7~--7~--7~--7~---
--7~--7~--7~--7~---
--5~--5~--5~--5~---
-------------------
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-------------------
--3~--3~--3~--3~---
--2~--2~--2~--2~---
--0~--0~--0~--0~---
-------------------
-------------------

Intro:
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-------------------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10----
-7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10---- x2
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-----------------------------15b17r15~--------------10-7-----
----------------------------------------------/7-7----------- 
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-------------------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10----
-7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10---- 
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-------------------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10----
-7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10--7-7-7-7--10--7-7-7-7--12-10---- 
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---------0-3--2---0~-
-0--1-3---------3----
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-----------------------
---------7-10--9----7~-
-7--8-10---------10----
-----------------------
-----------------------


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---------0-3--2---0~-
-0--1-3---------3----
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----------15-18-17----15~-
-14-15-17----------17-----
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--7----------------------
--7--x20000000000--------
--5----------------------
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-15-15--18-17-15-18-17-15-18-17-15-18-17-15-18b20--   End On: G--7---
---------------------------------------------------           D--7---
---------------------------------------------------           A--5---
---------------------------------------------------           E------
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