Author/Artist: Styx
Title: Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) Solo
Album: Pieces of Eight
Transcribed by: J. Chitty
Email: 08jchidester@davis.k12.ut.us
There's a couple of good tabs for this song, but they
don't have the solo. The guitar solo is such a great
one though, so I decided to tab it out. ENJOY
Standard Tuning (E A D G B E) ^1/4 ^1/4 e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-8b10r8b10r8b10r8-8b10-8b10-8b10r8p6-8p6-----------6---6-----------------|G|-----------------------------------------7v----5h7---7---7-5-------------|D|-------------------------------------------------------------7-6-5--3----|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------5vv|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------5-5--5-7b10r7v----|D|---------3--5b7r5--3-5--5/7--7----------------|A|-3-1-3/5--------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------13-------------------|B|-/13b15--------10-13-13b15----15r13-10----------|G|--------10v-12-------------------------12-10v---|D|------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------|
^1/4e|---------------------------------------------------|B|------------xx-6v----------------------------------|G|--7p5-------xx-7v----------------------------------|D|------7-7p5-xx-7v-7-6-5-3-5b7-5-3-5-b7r5b7r5b7v----|A|---------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------|
^1/4e|-------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------|G|-/5-------5v---7b9r7-7p6p5-----5-7-7p6p5p0-|D|-----5-7------------------7p5--------------|A|-------------------------------------------|E|-------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------|G|-h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5v--7b9-x-7-7b9r7v--|D|------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------10-----------10-----------10-|D|------10-----10-----10-----10-----10--12-------10--12-------10--12---|A|-10h12--10h12--10h12--10h12--10h12--10----10h12--10----10h12--10-----|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------10b13-r-10-------------------|G|---------10--------10--------10--------------10-12-10-12--10--|D|-----10-12-----10-12-----10-12--------------------------------|A|-10h12-10--10h12-10--10h12-10---------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|B|--------10-13----------6---6---------------------|G|-12b14--------14r12-\7---7----7p5----------------|D|----------------------------------7-6p5/3--------|A|------------------------------------------5vv----|E|-------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up | \ slide down
| h hammer-on | p pull-off
| b bend | r release bend
| ~ let ring |<7> harmonic
| x Mute note | v vibrato
^ also means bend
