Tabs
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 MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Ian Hunter - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Mick Ralphs - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Mick Ralphs - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Moderately slow Q=80
D MajorD 
F#m/C#F#m/C#
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE 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-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE e S +S +S +S +E MajorE e
|-14-------14-------------------------------------|
|----15-------17b19==(17)r(17)b19==(17)r(17)-14---|
|-------14----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
B minorBm 
D/AD/A
Q E MajorE S S Q E MajorE 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 MajorE E MajorE E MajorE e S +S +S +S +E MajorE e e
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-------15---14b16==(14)r(14)b16==(14)r(14)-----------|
|----16----------------------------------------16---14---|
|-------16-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
F# minorF#m
E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE 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 MajorE
|-------------------------------------------|
|-13b14==13---13r==13-12--------------------|
|--------------------------15---14----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (El. Gtr.)
| W
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
A augmentedA 
Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA D MajorD F#m/C#F#m/C#
Q S S S S +Q. E MajorE Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE 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 MajorE Q +Q W
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|-14-14-14-14---------16b17===(16)r---||o------------------|
|-------------16s14-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------------------||o------------------|
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------------------||o-3----------------|
|--2----------------------------------||--2----------------|
|--2----------------------------------||--0----------------|
|--0----------------------------------||o------------------|
|-------------------------------------||-------------------|
B minorBm D/AD/A F# minorF#m A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
Q E MajorE S S Q E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE E Q S S S S +Q. E MajorE
|-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 MajorE E MajorE
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------2--(2)---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-2--------------2--(2)---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-2--------------2--(2)-2-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-0-----------0---------0-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD F#m/C#F#m/C# B minorBm D/AD/A F# minorF#m
Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE S S Q E MajorE S S Q E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE 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
E minorEm 
E minor 7Em7
Q S S S S +Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE 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 MajorE E MajorE +S E. E MajorE E H H
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|----------------2------||-------------------|
|-2--2-----------2------||-------------------|
|-2--2-----------2------||-------------------|
|-0--0---0---(0)----0h2s||=7-----------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
F#F# B minorBm 
Bm/ABm/A G+G D MajorD 
Dsus4Dsus4
Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE 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 augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA D MajorD F#m/C#F#m/C#
Q E MajorE S S +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E E MajorE Q Q Q E MajorE 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 MajorE E MajorE 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------|
B minorBm D/AD/A 
A minorAm 
Am/GAm/G 
FF C/EC G+G 
C majorC A augmentedA
3/4
Q E. S Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE 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 MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-2------3------0-------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H H H H Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-7-------5------|-5------3------|-1------0--8---|-7------8------9-------|
D MajorD F#m/C#F#m/C# B minorBm D/AD/A A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF C/EC
4/4
Q Q Q E MajorE E Q E. S Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE 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+G C majorC A augmentedA G+G C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD F#m/C#F#m/C#
3/4 4/4
E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S Q Q Q E MajorE 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 MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE 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------|
B minorBm D/AD/A A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF C/EC G+G C majorC A augmentedA
3/4
Q E. S Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE 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 MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE 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 MajorE - 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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