{t:Dirty Old Town} {st:Ewan MacColl (1949), The Dubliners (1968), The Pogues (1985), Steve Earle (2015)} {c:strum: | d - D u d - D u | (weak, STRONG and) 1 2 & 3 4 &} {c:verse 1} I met my [G]love by the gas works wall Dreamed a [C]dream by the old [G]canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town {c:verse 2} Clouds are [G]drifting across the moon Cats are [C]prowling on their [G]beat Spring's a girl from the streets at night Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town {c:instrumental verse} ([G]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4, [G]1 2 3 4 [G]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, [D]1 2 3 4, [Em]1 2 3) {c:verse 3} I heard a [G]siren from the docks Saw a [C]train set the night on [G]fire I smelled the spring on the Salford wind Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town {c:verse 4} I'm gonna [G]make me a big sharp axe Shining [C]steel tempered in the [G]fire I'll chop you down like an old dead tree Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town {c:verse 5} I met my [G]love by the gas works wall Dreamed a [C]dream by the old [G]canal I Kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town