Tenement Funster

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Credits

Roger Taylor - lead and backing vocals, drums
Freddie Mercury - piano
Brian May - guitars
John Deacon - bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Length: 2:48

Discography

Albums:

Sheer Heart Attack, 1974

Singles:

Queen's First EP, 1977
Queen's First EP, 1988 3" CD Single

Alternate Versions:

  • UK 7" Unsegued 3:01 - Japan 3" CDS EMI TODP 2252
  • BBC 04.11.1974 - Unreleased
  • Instrumental - Unreleased

Additional Information

  • This song has erroneously been giving the working title of 'Tin Dreams'. It was actually alternately 'Young And Crazy' and 'Teen Dreams', before it became 'Tenement Funster'.

Covers

Cover Versions

Chords & Tabs

  • chords

Lyrics

My new purple shoes
Bin amazing the people next door
And my rock'n'roll forty fives
Bin enraging the folks on the lower floor

I got a way with the girls on my block
Try my best to be a real individual
And when we go down to smokies and rock
They line up like it's some kind of ritual
Oh give me a good guitar
And you can say that my hair's a disgrace
Or just find me an open car
I'll make the speed of light out of this place

I like the good things in life
But most of the best things ain't free
It's the same situation just cuts like a knife
When you're young and you're poor and you're crazy
Young and you're crazy...

Oh give me a good guitar
And you can say that my hair's a disgrace
Or just find me an open car
I'll make the speed of light out of this place