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Originally in Dm, I play in Em capo 2

Intro

EmGEmA→ G

EmGEmA→ G

C→ D→ Em

EmGive me a job, give me seAmcurity

DGive me a chance to surEmvive

I’m just a Empoor soul in the unemAmployment line

DMy god, I’m hardly alBive

My mEmother and father, my Amwife and my friends

DI see them laugh in my Emface

But EmI’ve got the power, and AmI’ve got the will

DI’m not a charity Bcase, I’ll take those

EmLong Amnights, imDpossible Emodds

CKeeping my Deye to the keEmyhole

If Cit Dtakes Emall Amthat to be Djust what I Emam

I’m Cgonna be a Dblue collar Emman

Repeat intro, or skip

EmGEmA→ G

EmGEmA→ G

C→ D→ Em

EmMake me an offer that AmI can’t refuse

DMake me respectable, Emman

This is my Emlast time in the uneAmmployment line

DSo like it or Bnot, I’ll take those

EmLong Amnights, imDpossible Emodds

CKeeping my Deye to the keEmyhole

If Cit Dtakes Emall Amthat to be Djust what I Emam

I’m Cgonna be a Dblue collar Emman

Bridge

EmKeeping my mind on a bDetter life

Where Chappiness is only a heartbeat aEmway

EmParadise, can it be all I Dheard it was?

I Cclose my eyes and maybe I’m already Bthere

Solo on verse chords if appropriate, else right to chorus

I’ll take those

EmLong Amnights, imDpossible Emodds

CKeeping my Dback to the waEmll C→ D

EmAll Amthat, be Djust what I Emam

Let the last chord ring, end here if solo

I’m Cgonna be a Dblue collar Cman

Skip this bridge if solo acoustic

CDo do do do do do do do

You don’t understand

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I’ll take those Emlong Amnights, imDpossible Emodds

CKeeping my Deye to the keEmyhole

If Cit Dtakes Emall Amnight be Djust who I Emam

I’d Crather be a Dblue collar Emman

I’m Cgonna be a Dblue collar Emman

I’ve Cgotta be a Dblue collar Emman