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T: Dirty Old Town
C: Ewan MacColl 1949
N: as performed by The Dubliners, The Pogues
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W: I met my "D"love, by the gas works wall.
W: Dreamed a "G"dream, by the old ca-"D"nal.
W: I kissed my girl, by the factory wall.
W: Dirty old "A"town, dirty old "Bm"town.
W:
W: The clouds are "D"drifting, across the moon.
W: Cats are "G"prowling, on their "D"feet.
W: Springs a girl, from the streets at night.
W: Dirty old "A"town, dirty old "Bm"town.
W:
W: D  G  D  A  Bm
W:
W: I heard a "D"siren, from the docks.
W: Saw a "G"train, set the night on "D"fire.
W: Smelled the spring, in that smoky wind.
W: Dirty old "A"town, dirty old "Bm"town.
W:
W: I'm going to "D"make, me a good sharp axe;
W: Shining "G"steel, tempered in the "D"fire.
W: I'll chop you down, like an old dead tree.
W: Dirty old "A"town, dirty old "Bm"town.
W:
W: I met my "D"love, by the gas works wall.
W: Dreamed a "G"dream, by the old ca-"D"nal.
W: I kissed my girl, by the factory wall.
W: Dirty old "A"town, dirty old "Bm"town.
W: Dirty old "A"town, dirty old "Bm"town.