Dirty old town (video) (midi)

D - G - D - Em - Bm

G

1. I met my love by the gas works wall,

C G

dreamed a dream by the old canal,

C G D Em

I kissed my girl by the factory wall, dirty old town, dirty old town.

G

2. Clouds are drifting across the moon,

C G

cats are prowling on their beats,

C G D Em

spring’s a girl from the streets at night, dirty old town, dirty old town.

+ C - F - C - F - C - G - Am

G

3. I heard a siren from the docks,

C G

saw a train set the night on fire,

C G D Em

I smelled the spring on the smoky wind, dirty old town, dirty old town.

G

4. I’m gonna make me a big sharp axe,

C G

shining steel, tempered in the fire,

C G D Em

I’ll chop you down like an old dead tree, dirty old town, dirty old town.

G

5. I met my love by the gas works wall,

C G

dreamed a dream by the old canal,

C G Am Em

I kissed my girl by the factory wall, dirty old town, dirty old town.

D Em

Dirty old town, dirty old town.

(orig. = no capo; midi = capo 2)    (The Pogues)