Well, Bil ly (D)rapped all night a bout his (D)su i cide, how he’d (Bm)kick it in the head when he was twen ty five.
(F#m)Speed jive, don’t wan na stay a live when you’re twen ty five
And (D)Wen dy’s steal in’ clothes from Marks and Sparks and (Bm)Fred die’s got spots from rip pin’ off the stars from his face.
Funk y lit tle boat race.
The (Em7)tel e vi sion man is cra zy, say in’ we’re ju ve nile de lin quent wrecks.
Oh, man, I need T V when I got T Rex.
Oh, broth er, you guessed,
I’m a dude, man.
(D)(All the young dudes
(D)car ry the news.
(G)Boo ga loo dudes
(C)car ry (C)the news.
(D)All the young dudes
(D)car ry the news.
(G)Boo ga loo dudes
(C)car ry (C)the news.)
(D)Lu cy look in’ sweet ’cause he (D)dress es like a queen, but he can (Bm)kick like a mule, it’s a (D)real mean team.
But (F#m)we can love,
oh yes, we can love.
And my broth er’s back at home with his Bea (D)tles and his Stones.
We (Bm)nev er got it off on that (D)rev o lu tion stuff.
What a drag,
too man y snags.
Now I (Em7)drunk a lot of wine ’n’ I’m feel in’ fine, got to (F#7)race some cat to bed.
Oh, is (G)there con crete all a round, or is it in my head?
Yeah!
I’m a dude, Dad.
(D)(All the young dudes
(D)car ry the news.
(G)Boo ga loo dudes
(C)car ry (C)the news.
(D)All the young dudes
(D)car ry the news.
(G)Boo ga loo dudes
(C)car ry (C)the news.)
(D)(All the young dudes
(D)car ry the news.
(G)Boo ga loo dudes
(C)car ry (C)the news.
(D)All the young dudes
(D)car ry the news.
(G)Boo ga loo dudes
(C)car ry (C)the news.)
This page shows “All The Young Dudes” by Mott The Hoople in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 80 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.