The Mott the Hoople version from 1972 was recorded in D major. Bowie's 
studio version from 1973 (now available on RarestOneBowie) is in between C 
and B major (I think), probably because of the playback speed. I'm not sure 
about available live recordings by either artists. The lyrics between the 
two studio versions vary slightly - Bowie's lyrics are used here; however, I 
chose to write the music in D major rather than get involved with the C 
major/B major deal.

In D major:

The first four measures of the verse contain an ascending D major 
scale down to A. The beginning of each measure gets one note. 

D    x-x-0-2-3
D/C# x-4-x-2-3
Bm   x-2-4-4-3
Bm/A x-0-4-4-3

-2
-2
-2
-2

[Verse]
             
Billy rapped a

              
ll night about

              
 his suicide, 

      
how he
            
kick it in the

              
 head when he 

     
was twenty-fiv

e.
           
Don't wanna st

              
ay alive when 

              
your twenty fi

         
ve.
             
Wendy's steali

              
ng clothes fro

              
m unlocked car

       
s and
            
Freddy's got s

              
pots from ripp

      
ing off stars
           
from his face 

              
- a funky litt

                       
le boat race.

[Bridge]
            
The television

         
 man is crazy 

sayin' we're
            
juvenile deliq

            
uent wrecks.
             
Well, man, I n

              
eed a TV when 

  
I've got
             
T. Rex. Hey, b

          
rother, ya gue

ssed - I'm a d

ude.

[Refrain]
             
              

        
          All 

the young dude

s
            
              

       
          Carr

y the ne--
            
--ews)        

        
       Boogalo

o dudes
             
              

         
          Carr

y the ne--
            
--ews

             

    

 

[Verse]
Now Lucy's looking sweet, though he dresses like a queen, he can
kick like a mule, its a real mean team.
We can love, 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.

[Bridge]
Well I drunk a lotta wine and I'm feelin' fine -
gonna race some cat to bed. Is this
concrete all around or is it
in my head? Oh, Brother, ya guessed - I'm a dude.


[Refrain]

             
              

        
          All 

the young dude

s
            
              

       
          Carr

y the ne--
            
--ews)        

        
       Boogalo

o dudes
             
              

         
          Carr

y the ne--
            
--ews

             

    

 

**************************************************************************
All the Young Dudes
David Bowie

[Verse]
            
Well, Billy ra

              
pped all night

           
 about his sui

#
cide
            
How he'd kick 

              
it in the head

             
 when he was t

/
wenty five,
           
speed ive, don

              
't wanna stay 

          
alive when you

r twenty five.
             
And Wendy's st

              
ealing clothes

      
 from unlocked

 cars, and
            
Freddies got s

           
pots from ripp

              
in' off the st

            
ars from his f


ace
              
(funky little 


boat race)

[Bridge]
            
The television

              
 man is crazy 

            
saying were ju

             
venile delique

  
nt wrecks
             
Oh man I need 

           
TV when I got 

 
T.Rex - 
        
Oh brother you

 guessed, I'm 

a dude dad.

[Chorus]
         
Ah all the you

               
ng dudes
           
carry the news

    
             
boogaloo dudes

    
           
carry the news

       


          
All the young 

           
dudes
           
carry the news

    
             
boogaloo dudes

    
           
carry the news

      

[Verse]
Lucy looking sweet 'cos he dresses like a queen,
but he can kick like mule it's a real mean team,
but we can love - oh yes we can love.
And my brothers back at home with his Beatles and his Stones,
we never got it off on all that revolution stuff
what a drag, - too many snags.

[Bridge]
Now I drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine -
got to race some cat to bed - oh is there concrete all around
or is it it my head - Yeah I'm a dude dad.

[Chorus]
         
Ah all the you

               
ng dudes
           
carry the news

    
             
boogaloo dudes

    
           
carry the news

       


          
All the young 

           
dudes
           
carry the news

    
             
boogaloo dudes

    
           
carry the news