Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
Intro:
[C] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
I met my [C] love... by the gas works wall
Dreamed a [F] dream... by the old ca[C]nal
I kissed my [Am] girl... by the factory [C] wall
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Verse 2:
Clouds are [C] dri-i-iftin' across the moon
Cats are [F] pro-o-owling on their [C] beat
Springs a [Am] girl... from the streets at [C] night
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Verse 3:
I heard a [C] siren... coming from the docks
Saw a [F] train... set the night on [C] fire
I smelled the [Am] spring... on the smoky [C] wind
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
[Instrumental Verse]
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[F] [F] [C] [C]
[Am] [Am] [C] [C]
[Dm] [G7] [Am] [Am]
Verse 4:
I'm gonna [C] make me... a big sharp axe
Shining [F] steel... tempered in a [C] fire
I’ll chop you [Am] down... like an old dead [C] tree
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Verse 5:
I met my [C] love... by the gas works wall
Dreamed a [F] dream... by the old ca[C]nal
I kissed my [Am] girl... by the factory [C] wall
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Outro:
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town [Am-Am-Am]