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Song title:       All The Young Dudes
Original Album:	  All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople)
Other Albums:     RarestOneBowie (Bootleg)
                  The Best Of David Bowie 1969-1974

Words and Music by David Bowie
Copyright © 1972 Columbia Records
Published by Columbia Music Publishing

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Originally released by Mott The Hoople, this became a glam-rock anthem.



INTRO:
Notes:
I've indicated hammers-on and pull-offs in the tab, but you could also do
tone/semi-tone bends and releases, if you're playing an electric guitar.

Key to tab
----------
h  - hammer-on
p  - pull-off
b  - bend



[play INTRO Figure]


INTRO Figure
  D           A/C#                  Bm          D/A
|-14----------14-12h14p12h14p12---|-10----------10--9h10p9h10p9-----|
|-----15-----------------------14-|-----12---------------------12-10|
|---------14----------------------|---------11----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


  F#m                               A
|---------------------------------|------------------12b------------|
|-14-14-14-14-13-12---------------|-14-14-14-14-12------------------|
|-------------------14------------|----------------14---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




VERSE1:
Chords:
D     xx0232    F#m   244222
A/C#  x4222x    A     x02220
Bm    x24432    Asus4 x02230
D/A   x00232


          | D                        | A/C#
Well, Billy rapped all night about his suicide

       | Bm                            | D/A
How he'd kick it in the head when he was twenty-five,

| F#m                               | A           | Asus4  A
  Speed jive, don't wanna stay alive    when you're twenty-five.



VERSE2:
Chords:
D     xx0232    F#m   244222
A/C#  x4222x    A     x02220
Bm    x24432    Asus4 x02230
D/A   x00232


  | D                           | A/C#
And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks & Sparks,

  | Bm                     | D/A
And Freddie's got spots from rippin' off the stars

| F#m                         | A          | Asus4  A
  From his face - funky little    boat-race



CHORUS LEAD-IN:
Chords:
Em    022000    G     320033
Em7   020030    D     xx0232
F#    244322    Asus4 x02230
Bm    x24432    A     x02220


  | Em              | Em7              | F#               | Bm
The television man is crazy saying we're juvenile deliquent wrecks

 | G          | D            | A       | Asus4  A
Oh man I need T.V. when I got    T. Rex 

 | A
Oh brother, you guessed, I'm a dude, dad.



CHORUS:
Notes:
The words in () are what the lead singer says while the back-up sings
the chorus.

Chords:
D     xx0232    Am    x02210    G    320033
A/C#  x4222x    Am7/G 302010    C    x32010
Bm    x24432    F     133211
D/A   x00232    C/E   032010


| D  A/C#        | Bm
     All the young dudes (Hey, dudes)

| D/A       Am
  Carry the news (where are you?)

| Am7/G    F
  Boogaloo dudes (Stand up, c'mon)

| C/E       G   | C  A/C#  D
  Carry the news


| D  A/C#        | Bm
     All the young dudes (I wanna hear you)

| D/A       Am
  Carry the news (I wanna see you)

| Am7/G    F
  Boogaloo dudes (I wanna talk to you, all of you)

| C/E       G   | C  A/C#  D
  Carry the news



VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
D     xx0232    F#m   244222
A/C#  x4222x    A     x02220
Bm    x24432    Asus4 x02230
D/A   x00232


| D                          | A/C#
  Lucy's looking sweet 'cos he dresses like a queen,

         | Bm                   | D/A
But he can kick like mule, it's a real mean team,

| F#m                        | A            | Asus4  A
    But we can love - oh, yes,   we can love.



VERSE4:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
D     xx0232    F#m   244222
A/C#  x4222x    A     x02220
Bm    x24432    Asus4 x02230
D/A   x00232


     | D                             | A/C#
And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones,

 | Bm                     | D/A
We never got it off on that revolution stuff

| F#m                   | A     | Asus4  A
  What a drag - too many  snags.



CHORUS LEAD-IN:
Chords:
Em    022000    G     320033
Em7   020030    D     xx0232
F#    244322    Asus4 x02230
Bm    x24432    A     x02220


    | Em                        | Em7
Now I drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine

     | F#             | Bm
Got to race some cat to bed

           | G             D                  | A      | Asus4  A
Oh, is there concrete all around or is it in my   head?

Yeah, I'm a dude dad!



[repeat CHORUS] [to fade]