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[Dm]Give me a job Give me se-[Gm]cur- i-ty
[C]Give me a chance to sur-vive[Dm]
I'm just a [Dm]poor soul in 
the un-em--[Gm]ploy-  ment line[C] 
My God, I'm hard-ly a-[A]live[]My

[Dm]mo-ther and fa- ther, 
my [Gm]wife and my friends,
[C]you've seen them laugh in my face
[Dm]But I've[Dm]got the pow- er, 
and [Gm]I've got the will,
[C]I'm not a char-i-ty [A]case[]I'll take those

[Dm]long [Gm/D]nights,
im-[C/D]pos-si-ble [Dm]odds,
[A#]keep-in' my [C]eye in the key-hole
If it takes all  thatto be just what I am,
well I'm [Dm]gon-na be a blue col-lar 
[NC]man[D5][G7s][NC][D5][A7s][G7s][NC]

[Dm]Make me an of- fer  
that [Gm]I  can't re-fuse
[C] Make me re-spect-a-ble, 
[Dm]man This is my [Dm]last time 
in the un-em--[Gm]ploy-  ment line,
[C]so like it or [A]not,  I'll take those

[Dm]long [Gm/D]nights,
im-[C/D]pos-si-ble [Dm]odds,
[A#]keep-in' my [C]back to the wall 
[Dm]If it takes [Dm]all [Gm/D]night
to be [C/D]just what I [Dm]am,
well I'd [Dm]rath-er be a blue col-lar man

[Dm][Dm]Keep- in' my mind on a [Gm]bet-  ter life, 
[F/C][C]where [A#]hap-  pi-ness  is [A#]on-ly 
a heart-[Dm]beat a-way[NC]
[Dm]Par-  a-dise, [Dm]can it be all  
I [Gm]heard  it was? [F/C][C]
I [A#]close  my eyes  and [A#]may-be 
I'm al- read-y [As4]there[][A]

[Dm][Gm][C][Dm][Dm][Gm][C][A]
[Dm][Gm][C][Dm][Dm][Gm][C]

[A]I'll take those
[Dm]long  [Gm/D]nights,
im-[C/D]pos-si-ble [Dm]odds,
[A#]keep-in' my [C]back to the wall

If it takes all  night
to be just what I am,
well I'm gon-na be a blue col-lar man

[A#]Do do-[C/A#]do  do-[A#]do[] 
do [C/A#]do-do [A#]Do do-[C/A#]do  
do-[A#]do[] do [C/A#]do-do

[A#]Do do-[C/A#]do  do-[A#]do[] do [
C/A#]do-do [A#]Do do-[C/A#]do  
do-[A#]do[]

I'll [C/A#]take those [Dm]long  [Gm/D]nights,
im-[C/D]pos-si-ble [Dm]odds,
[A#]keep-in' my [C]eye on the key-hole
If it takes all  nightto be just who I am,well I'd
[A#]rath-er be a [C]blue col-lar, 
gon-[A#] na be a [C]blue col-lar, gon-
[A#]-na be a [C]blue col-lar [Dm]man[Dm]