Dirty Old Town chords by Nolwenn Leroy

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Music & Lyrics: Ewan MacColl
Album: Bretonne (Edition Noël) (2011)


You can also play with capo 2, transpose -2

Intro:
|D MajorD  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |

Verse 1:
D MajorD      D MajorD  D MajorD         D MajorD
 I found my love by the gas works craft
D MajorD       G+G G+G       D MajorD
 Dreamed a dream by the old canal
D MajorD      D MajorD D MajorD        D MajorD
 I Kissed my boy by the factory wall

Chorus:
D MajorD      A augmentedA
 Dirty old town
D MajorD      B minorBm
 Dirty old town

Verse 2:
B minorBm      D MajorD    D MajorD      D MajorD
 Clouds are drifting across the moon
D MajorD     G+G    G+G     D MajorD
 Cats are prowling on their beat
D MajorD       D MajorD D          D MajorD
 Spring's a boy from the street at night

Chorus:
D MajorD      A augmentedA
 Dirty old town
D MajorD      B minorBm
 Dirty old town

Instrumental:
| G+G |G+G  |G+G  |G+G  |
|G+G  |C majorC  |C majorC  |G+G  |
|G+G  |G+G  |G+G  |G+G  |
|G+G  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  |E minorEm  |

Verse 3:
N.C.    D MajorD  D MajorD     D MajorD
 I Heard a siren from the docks
D MajorD     G+G G MajorG         D MajorD
 Saw a train set the night on fire
D MajorD          D MajorD  D MajorD       D MajorD
 And I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

Chorus:
D MajorD      A augmentedA
 Dirty old town
D MajorD      B minorBm
 Dirty old town

Verse 4:
B minorBm     D MajorD D MajorD      D MajorD
 I'm gonna make a goood sharp axe
D MajorD     G+G  G+G        D MajorD
 Shining steel tempered in the fire
         D MajorD  D MajorD         D MajorD
And I'll chop you down like an old dead tree

Chorus:
D MajorD      A augmentedA
 Dirty old town
D MajorD      B minorBm
 Dirty old town
B minorBm     A augmentedA
 Dirty old town
A augmentedA      B minorBm
 Dirty old town

Outro:
B minorBm     A augmentedA
 Dirty old town
A augmentedA      B minorBm
 Dirty old town