Deriving Equations of Motion for Compound Pendulum with 3 DOF

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Can anyone help?
I have to derive eq of motion of a compound pendulum with 3 rotational dof.
I know how to do it, for simple pendulum (using Lagrangian's).
 
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It is a single body (irregular shape with an Inertia tensor 3x3), fixed at a point, say O and can move in 3d rectangular coord system (3 rotational DOF...say alpha beta gamma).