Biography:
Ian Hunter (born Ian Hunter Patterson on June 3, 1939 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England) was the lead singer of the band Mott the Hoople from 1969 until the band broke up in 1974. He has since worked as a solo artist.
Hunter began his musical career on the bass guitar. An early foray into music was as an entrant in a talent competition at one of Butlin's holiday camps, performing "Blue Moon" as part of a skiffle group with Colen York and Colin Broome.
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- God Take 1
- Irene Wilde
- Just Another Night
- Knees Of My Heart
- Letter To Britannia From The Union Jack
- My Revolution
- Now Is The Time
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[Intro]
E G
B E C# B
B E C# B
[Verse 1]
B5 E5
Oh, he's much the same as anyone, He don't do what he's told
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
He got hostile on his school report, and he leaves his mother cold
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His father owned a bakery, one day they found him hanged
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It don't pay to be free in Little Italy, his son's the leader of the gang
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Restless youth, restless youth
[Verse 2]
B5 E5
He soon found out he could not work, the money was no good
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
This child of the city hit the welfare kitty, did some runnin' for the hoods
B5 E5
And the logic of the street was such, that everything was bent
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
There's a lot of white collars, stealing government dollars, wouldn't notice such a little percent
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Restless youth, restless youth
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Oh, yes cause I've been a restless youth
[Verse 3]
B5 E5
Now I went to his graduation, in some Brooklyn overnight jail
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
He said he was a member of the rock'n roll nation, but his face was drawn 'n pale
B5 E5
They gave him a suspended sentence, 'n he got straight on the phone
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
Called a big, big, man with a Miami tan 'n said "Hi I'm Al Capone, the second"
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
What do you know, I'm the original Restless Youth
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
I've been on the phone to my Restless Youth
[Verse 4]
B5 E5
Now his first hit came at seventeen, his second was his last
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
Some dealer ran screaming from the scene, as the bullets whistled past
B5 E5
'N the cop that killed him shook his head 'n said "I swear the truth
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
When I know it was some old, old man 'n not a restless youth."
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Restless youth, restless youth
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Go by the rules if you are, oh, a Restless Youth
[Verse 5]
B5 E5
Now the moral of this story is that all he saw was greed
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
Legal, illegalities 'n all them politician thieves
B5 E5
Good people of the U.S.A. if you want your kids to grow
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
Then check your harvest carefully, don't reap; before you sow
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Restless youth, I just know he's a restless youth
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
You're gonna lose cause you know you're a Restless Youth...
E G
B E C# B
B E C# B
[Verse 1]
B5 E5
Oh, he's much the same as anyone, He don't do what he's told
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
He got hostile on his school report, and he leaves his mother cold
B5 E5
His father owned a bakery, one day they found him hanged
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
It don't pay to be free in Little Italy, his son's the leader of the gang
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Restless youth, restless youth
[Verse 2]
B5 E5
He soon found out he could not work, the money was no good
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
This child of the city hit the welfare kitty, did some runnin' for the hoods
B5 E5
And the logic of the street was such, that everything was bent
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
There's a lot of white collars, stealing government dollars, wouldn't notice such a little percent
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Restless youth, restless youth
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Oh, yes cause I've been a restless youth
[Verse 3]
B5 E5
Now I went to his graduation, in some Brooklyn overnight jail
F#5 E5 B5 E5 D5
He said he was a member of the rock'n roll nation, but his face was drawn 'n pale
B5 E5
They gave him a suspended sentence, 'n he got straight on the phone
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
Called a big, big, man with a Miami tan 'n said "Hi I'm Al Capone, the second"
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
What do you know, I'm the original Restless Youth
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
I've been on the phone to my Restless Youth
[Verse 4]
B5 E5
Now his first hit came at seventeen, his second was his last
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
Some dealer ran screaming from the scene, as the bullets whistled past
B5 E5
'N the cop that killed him shook his head 'n said "I swear the truth
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
When I know it was some old, old man 'n not a restless youth."
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Restless youth, restless youth
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Go by the rules if you are, oh, a Restless Youth
[Verse 5]
B5 E5
Now the moral of this story is that all he saw was greed
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
Legal, illegalities 'n all them politician thieves
B5 E5
Good people of the U.S.A. if you want your kids to grow
F#m E5 B5 E5 D5
Then check your harvest carefully, don't reap; before you sow
[Chorus]
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
Restless youth, I just know he's a restless youth
B5 E5
Restless youth, restless youth
C#5 B5
You're gonna lose cause you know you're a Restless Youth...
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