X: 1
T: Dirty Old Town   [G]
C: Ewan MacColl 1949
N: as performed by The Dubliners, The Pogues
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
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z2D2 E2G2 | "G"B8 | z2GA "C"B2G2 | "G"D8 |
w:1.~I met my love, by the gas works wall.
w:2.~The clouds are drifting, a-*cross the moon.
w:3.~I heard a siren, ~ ~ from the docks.
w:4.I'm going to make, me a good sharp axe;
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z4 B2d2 | e8 | z2dB "D"A2G2 | "G"B8 |
w: Dreamed a dream, by the old ca-nal.
w: Cats are prow-ling,* on their feet.
w: Saw a train, set the night on fire.
w: Shin-ing steel, tem-pered in the fire.
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z2d2 e2d2 | B8 | z2GA "C"B2G2 | "G"D8 |
w: I kissed my girl, by the facto-ry wall.
w: ~ Springs a girl, from the streets at night.
w: ~ Smelled the spring, in that smo-ky wind.
w: I'll chop you down, like an old dead tree.
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z4 "Em"EG B2 | "Am"A8 | z4 AGE2 | "Em"E8 |]
w: Dir-ty old town, dir-ty old town.
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