All the Young Dudes

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

INTRO

b = bend note up

r = release bend

D Dmaj7 Bm D/A

   E|--14-------14------------------------------------------------|
   B|-----15-------17b19r17b19r17-14--15-------15-14b15r14b15r14--|
   G|--------14--------------------------16-----------------------|
   D|---------------------------------------16--------------------|
   A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
   E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

F#m A

   E--------------------------------------------------14------|
   B--12----14-14-14-14-13-12-------14-14-14-14-12----17b19---|
   G-----14-------------------14-------------------14---------|
   D----------------------------------------------------------|
   A----------------------------------------------------------|
   E----------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE 1

D Dmaj7

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

D Dmaj7

And Wendy's stealing clothes from Mark's & Sparks and

Bm D/A

Freddy's got spots from ripping off the stars

F#m A Asus4 A

From his face - a funky little boat race

PRE-CHORUS

Em Em7

The television man is crazy

F# Bm A

sayin' we're juvenile delinquent wrecks

G D A Asus4 A

Oooh, man, I need a TV when I've got T. Rex

Oh brother, ya guessed - I'm a dude yeah

[In the chorus, the words in ( ) is the stuff that

the lead singer's saying.]

[CHORUS] [see below for the electric guitar]

D Dmaj7 Bm

All the young dudes (hey, dudes)

D/A Am

Carry the news (where are ya?)

Am7/G F

Boogaloo dudes (stand up, c'mon)

C G C A D

Carry the news

D Dmaj7 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 G C A D

Carry the news

What the electric guitar is doing in the chorus is basically

just picking out the bass line. If you're playing this in a

band with an electric, the electric should play this:

CHORUS-RIFF

D Dmaj7 Bm D/A Am Am7/G

   E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   A|--5---------4---------2---------0---------0--------------------|
   E|----------------------------------------------------3----------|

F C G C A D

   E|--------------------------------------|
   B|--------------------------------------|
   G|--------------------------------------|
   D|--------------------------------------|
   A|-------------3---------2---3---4---5--|
   E|---1----------------------------------|

[VERSE 2] [play like verse 1]

Lucy's looking sweet, coz he dresses like a queen,

but he can kick like a mule, its a real mean team

But we can love, oh yes, we can love

And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones

We never got it off on that revolution stuff

What a drag - too many snags

[PRE-CHORUS] [play like first pre-chorus]

Well I drunk a lotta wine and I'm feelin' fine

Gonna race some cat to bed

Is that concrete all around or is it in my head?

Yeah, I'm a dude yeah