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All The Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople

All The Young Dudes tab by Mott The Hoople

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ALL THE YOUNG DUDES

As recorded by Mott The Hoople
(From the 1972 Album ALL THE YOUNG DUDES)

Words and Music by David Bowie

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ian Hunter - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Ralphs - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Ralphs - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
 Moderately slow Q=80
 D      F#m/C#
 4/4
 Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
  Q   Q   E      E       E  S S
|--2-----2-----2------------2-------------2---2-2-|
|--3-----3-----2------------2-------------2---2-2-|
|--2-----2-----2------------2-------------2---2-2-|
|--0-----0-----4------------4-------------4---4-4-|
|--------------4------------4-------------4---4-4-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| E E E e S   +S  +S    +S  +E  e
|-14-------14-------------------------------------|
|----15-------17b19==(17)r(17)b19==(17)r(17)-14---|
|-------14----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


 Bm      D/A
  Q   E S S Q             E   S  S
|--2-----2--2-2--2--------------------------2-----2----2-|
|--3-----3--3-3--3--------------------------3-----3----3-|
|--4-----4--4-4--2--------------------------2-----2----2-|
|--4-----4--4-4--0--------------------------0-----0----0-|
|--2-----2--2-2--0--------------------------0-----0----0-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|                      |---3----|
| E E E e  S   +S  +S    +S  +E  e  e
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-------15---14b16==(14)r(14)b16==(14)r(14)-----------|
|----16----------------------------------------16---14---|
|-------16-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


 F#m
  E    S  S E  S  S E S S E E
|--2--------2----2--2----2----2--2--2-2-2-2-|
|--2--------2----2--2----2----2--2--2-2-2-2-|
|--2--------2----2--2----2----2--2--2-2-2-2-|
|--4--------4----4--4----4----4--4--4-4-4-4-|
|--4--------4----4--4----4----4--4--4-4-4-4-|
|--2--------2----2--2----2----2--2--2-2-2-2-|
|
|                ~~~
| |-----3-----|  |---3---|
| e   e  e  e e  e  Q.    E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-13b14==13---13r==13-12--------------------|
|--------------------------15---14----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (El. Gtr.)
| W
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


                     1st & 2nd Verses
 A         Asus4      A   D   F#m/C#
  Q    S S S S +Q.      E   Q Q E E E S S
|--0--------0--0--0-0-(0)-----------0-||--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2--------2--2--2-3-(3)-----------2-||o-3--3--2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2--------2--2--2-2-(2)-----------2-||--2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|--2--------2--2--2-2-(2)-----------2-||--0--0--4-4-4-4-4--|
|--0--------0--0--0-0-(0)-----------0-||o-------4-4-4-4-4--|
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|
|           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |--3--|
| e e e S S E  Q    +Q     W
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|-14-14-14-14---------16b17===(16)r---||o------------------|
|-------------16s14-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------------------||o------------------|
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|
| W                   W
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------------------||o-3----------------|
|--2----------------------------------||--2----------------|
|--2----------------------------------||--0----------------|
|--0----------------------------------||o------------------|
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|


 Bm    D/A    F#m           A    Asus4    A
 Q E S S Q E S S  E S S E S S E S S E E  Q S S S S +Q.    E
|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-(0)--------0-|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-3-(3)--------2-|
|-4--4-4-4-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)--------2-|
|-4--4-4-4-0--0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)--------2-|
|-2--2-2-2-0--0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0--0-0-0-0-(0)--------0-|
|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W          W            H      s E. +E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------2--(2)---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-2--------------2--(2)---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-2--------------2--(2)-2-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-0-----------0---------0-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|


 D   F#m/C#   Bm    D/A    F#m
 Q Q E E E S S  Q E S S Q E S S  E S S E S S E S S E E
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3--3--2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4-2--2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-0--0--4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-0--0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-------4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2-0--0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|
| W         W          W
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-3---------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-2---------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-0---------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|


             Pre-Chorus
              Em    Em7
 Q S S S S +Q   E E  E E E S S E E E E
|----------0-(0)--------||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2--2-2-2-3-(3)----2---||-----0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)----2---||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)----2---||-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-(0)----0-0-||-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Q E  E  +S E. E E  H     H
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|----------------2------||-------------------|
|-2--2-----------2------||-------------------|
|-2--2-----------2------||-------------------|
|-0--0---0---(0)----0h2s||=7-----------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|


 F#   Bm Bm/A G    D  Dsus4
 Q E E Q E E  E E E E E S S E E
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-2-3---|
|-2--2-2-3--3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-3--3-3-4--4-4-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4-|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-4--4-4-2--0-0-|-5-5-5-5-------------|
|-2--2-2--------|-3-3-3-3-------------|
|
| W        W
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|


                           Chorus
 A   Asus4  A                  D   F#m/C#
 Q E S S +E   E E E  Q    E  S S S S E E E   Q Q Q E E
|-0--0-0-0-(0)----0-0-0-|-0-------0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--2--2--2--2-2-|
|-2--2-2-3-(3)----2-2-2-|-2-------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--3--3--2--2-2-|
|-2--2-2-2-(2)----2-2-2-|-2-------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--2--2--2--2-2-|
|-2--2-2-2-(2)----2-2-2-|-2-------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--0--0--4--4-4-|
|-0--0-0-0-(0)----0-0-0-|-0-------0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--------4--4-4-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
|
| Gtr III
|             PM------------|
| Q Q   S E.  Q   S S S S S S S S E  E Q    W
|-----------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
|-----------3--2----2---|---------------------------||--3------------|
|-2--2------2--2----2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2---||--2------------|
|-2--2------2--2----2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2---||--0------------|
|-0--0------0-------0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---||--0------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                            ~~~~~~~~
| W            W               H   H
|-----------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------||---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------||-10-----9------|


 Bm   D/A   Am   Am/G   F   C/EC   G   C   A
                         3/4
 Q E. S Q E E  E E Q Q E E  Q E E Q E E  E.  S E.  S E.  S
|-2--2--2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-1--1-1-0--0-0-|-3----3-0----0-0----0--|
|-3--3--3-3--3-3-|-1-1-1--1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-1-|-3----3-1----1-2----2--|
|-4--4--4-2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2--2-2-0--0-0-|-0----0-0----0-2----2--|
|-4--4--4-0--0-0-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-3--3-3-2--2-2-|-0----0-2----2-2----2--|
|-2--2--2-0--0-0-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-2----2-3----3-0----0--|
|----------------|--------3--3-3-|-1--1-1-0------|-3----3----------------|
|
|                         ~~   ~~
| W        W        W        E E  E E  E E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-2------3------0-------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H    H    H   H    H   Q Q   Q   Q   Q
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-7-------5------|-5------3------|-1------0--8---|-7------8------9-------|


 D   F#m/C#  Bm   D/A   Am   Am/G   F   C/EC
 4/4
  Q Q Q E E  Q E. S Q E E  E E Q Q E E  Q E E Q E E
|--2--2--2--2-2-|-2--2--2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-1--1-1-0--0-0-|
|--3--3--2--2-2-|-3--3--3-3--3-3-|-1-1-1--1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-1-|
|--2--2--2--2-2-|-4--4--4-2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2--2-2-0--0-0-|
|--0--0--4--4-4-|-4--4--4-0--0-0-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-3--3-3-2--2-2-|
|--------4--4-4-|-2--2--2-0--0-0-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-|
|---------------|----------------|--------3--3-3-|-1--1-1-0------|
|
| W       W        W        W
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--3------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--2------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--0------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--0------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~
| H   H    H    H    H   H    H   Q Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-10-----9------|-7-------5------|-5------3------|-1------0--8---|


                          Out-Chorus
 1.           2.
 G      C A     G   C   A     D   F#m/C#
 3/4                        4/4
 E.  S E.  S E.  S   E.  S E.  S E.  S   Q Q Q E E
|-3----3-0----0-0----0--||-3----3-0----0-0----0-||---2--2--2--2-2-|
|-3----3-1----1-2----2-o||-3----3-1----1-2----2-||o--3--3--2--2-2-|
|-0----0-0----0-2----2--||-0----0-0----0-2----2-||---2--2--2--2-2-|
|-0----0-2----2-2----2--||-0----0-2----2-2----2-||---0--0--4--4-4-|
|-2----2-3----3-0----0-o||-2----2-3----3-0----0-||o--------4--4-4-|
|-3----3----------------||-3----3---------------||----------------|
|
| ~~   ~~        ~~   ~~
| E E  E E  E E    E E  E E  E E    W
|-----------------------||----------------------||----------------|
|----------------------o||----------------------||o--3------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------||---2------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------||---0------------|
|-2------3------0------o||-2------3------0------||o--0------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------||----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q      H   H
|-----------------------||----------------------||----------------|
|----------------------o||----------------------||o---------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------||----------------|
|-----------------------||----------------------||----------------|
|----------------------o||----------------------||o---------------|
|-7------8------9-------||-7------8------9------||--10-----9------|


 Bm   D/A   Am   Am/G   F   C/EC   G   C   A
                         3/4
 Q E. S Q E E  E E Q Q E E  Q E E Q E E  E.  S E.  S E.  S  5x
|-2--2--2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-1--1-1-0--0-0-|-3----3-0----0-0----0---||
|-3--3--3-3--3-3-|-1-1-1--1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-1-|-3----3-1----1-2----2--o||
|-4--4--4-2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2--2-2-0--0-0-|-0----0-0----0-2----2---||
|-4--4--4-0--0-0-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-3--3-3-2--2-2-|-0----0-2----2-2----2---||
|-2--2--2-0--0-0-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-2----2-3----3-0----0--o||
|----------------|--------3--3-3-|-1--1-1-0------|-3----3-----------------||
|
|                         ~~   ~~
| W        W        W        E E  E E  E E   5x
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------o||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-2------3------0-------o||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H    H    H   H    H   Q Q   Q   Q   Q    5x
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------o||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------o||
|-7-------5------|-5------3------|-1------0--8---|-7------8------9--------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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