All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
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This interpretation attempts to preserve the descending bass line that gives this song its drive.
I "stacked" the lyrics with numbered lines so that the similarity in chord structure of the parts is
easier to memorize, like traditional sheet music.
All the Young Dudes
1. Billy
rapped all n
ight about his
suic
ide,
2. And Wendy's stealing clothes from Mark's & Sparks and
3. Lucy's looking sweet, ?cos he dresses like a queen,
4. And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones
1. How he'd ki
ck it in the h
ead when he wa
s twenty-five
2. Freddy's got spots from ripping off the stars from his
3. But he can kick like a mule, its a real mean team, but
4. We never got it off on that revolution stuff
1. Speed jive
, don't wanna
stay alive w
hen you're tw
enty-five [to
beginning of #
2]
2. Face - a funky little boat race [to pre-chorus 2]
3. We can love, oh yes, we can love [to beginning of #4]
4. What a drag - too many snags [to pre-chorus 4]
PRE-CHORUS
2. The telev
ision man is
crazy
4. Well I drunk a lotta wine and I'm feelin' fine
2. sayin' we
're juvenile d
elinquent wrec
ks
4. Gonna race some cat to bed
2. Oooh, man
, I need a TV
when I've got
T. Rex
4. Is that concrete all around or is it in my head?
2. Oh brother, ya guessed ? I'm a dude yeah!
4. Yeah, I'm a dude yeah!
CHORUS
All t
he young dudes
Carry the news
Boogaloo dudes
Carry the news
[Continue chorus as long as desired, improvising comments about dudes in between sung lines]