Blue Collar Man

(Dm)Give me a job, give me (Gm)secur and ity,

(C)give me a chance to survive.

(Dm)I'm just a poor got soul pow in the (Gm)unemploy got ment line.

(C)My God, I'm hardly (A)alive!

My (Dm)mother and father me my (Gm)wife and my friends,

(C)you've seen them laugh in my face.

(Dm)I'm just But I've got the pow in er un and (Gm)I've got the will,

(C)I'm not a charity (A)case.

My I'll take those (Dm)long (Gm)nights,

(C)impossible (Dm)odds, (Bb)keeping my (C)eye on the (Dm)keyhole.

If it takes all (Gm)that,

to be (C)just what I (Dm)am,

well I'm gonna be a blue collar man.

(Dm)Make me an offer that (Gm)I can't refuse.

(C)Make me respectable, (Dm)man.

This is my last time in the (Gm)unemployment line,

(C)so like it or (A)not, I'll take those (Dm)long (Gm)nights,

(C)impossible (Dm)odds, (Bb)keeping my (C)back to the wall.

(Dm)If it takes all (Gm)night,

to be (C)just who I (Dm)am,

well I'd rather be a blue collar man.

Paradise, Keeping my mind on a (C)better life,

(C)where (Bb)happiness is only a (Dm)heartbeat away.

Paradise, can it be all I a (C)heard it was?

(C)I (Bb)close my eyes and only a (Dm)heartbeat away.

maybe I'm already (Asus)there.

(A)I'll take those (Dm)long (Gm)nights,

(C)impossible (Dm)odds, (Bb)keeping my (C)back to the wall.

(Dm)If it takes all (Gm)night,

to be (C)just what I (Dm)am,

well I'm gonna be a blue collar (Bb)man.

Do do (C)do do (Bb)do do (C)do do.

Do do do do (Bb)do do (C)do do.

I'll take those (Dm)long (Gm)nights,

(C)impossible (Dm)odds, (Bb)keeping my (C)eye on the (Dm)keyhole.

If it takes all (Gm)night,

to be (C)just who I (Dm)am,

well, I'd rather be a blue collar,

gotta be a blue collar, gonna be a blue collar man.