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
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/styx/44452.html ]
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|------------------------------------------------|
^1/4
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------------xx-6v----------------------------------|
G|--7p5-------xx-7v----------------------------------|
D|------7-7p5-xx-7v-7-6-5-3-5b7-5-3-5-b7r5b7r5b7v----|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
^1/4
e|-------------------------------------------|
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