Dirty Old Rown chords by Steve Earle

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

You don't have to play the first verse but I put the chords in just in case you wanted too

Verse 1:
           D                     A
I found my love by the gas works wall.
          G                  D
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
          D
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Verse 2:
           D
Clouds are drifting across the moon
         G             D
Cats are prowling on their beat
          D
Springs a girl in the streets at night
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Verse 3:
            D
I heard her siren from the docks
      G                      D
Saw a train set the night on fire
            D
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Instrumental:
|Bm7  |D  |D  |D  |D  |G  |G  |D  |D  |D  |D  |D  |A  |A  |Bm7  |Bm7  |

Verse 4:
             D
I'm going to make me a good sharp axe
        G                     D
Shining steel tempered in the fire
              D
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Outro:
N.C.
I found my love by the gas works wall.
N.C.
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
N.C.
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
N.C.
Dirty old town, dirty old town