Dirty Old Town chords by The Pogues

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

***Dirty Old Town - by Ewan McColl
from the album "Rum Sodomy & The Lash"

Dirty Old Town - as perfomed by The Pogues

(Shuffle feel, very open and loose)

Intro:
     D MajorD         G+G     D MajorD    E minorEm B minorBm
e|-----------------------5-7--5----------------------|
BB|---3-5-7--3-5-7-3----7--------7-5-3-7----3-7-5---3-|
G+G|-2----------------2--------------------2-----------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|

     G+G
I met my love, by the gas works wall
      C majorC         G+G
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal

I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
      D MajorD        E minorEm
Dirty old town, dirty old town

      G+G
Clouds are drifting across the moon
     C majorC         G+G
Cats are prowling on their beats

Springs a girl on the streets at night
 D MajorD        E minorEm
dirty old town, dirty old town

Bridge played over:
C majorC C C majorC C FF F C majorC C C majorC C C majorC C G+G G MajorG A minorAm

     G+G
Heard a siren from the dock
   C majorC           G+G
saw a train cut the night on fire

smelled the breeze on the smokey wind
      D MajorD       E minorEm
dirty old town, dirty old town


       G+G
I'm going to make me a big sharp ax
     C majorC		   G+G
Shining steel tempered in the fire

I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
     D MajorD        E minorEm
dirty old town, dirty old town


     G+G
I met my love, by the gas works wall
     C majorC		   G+G
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal

I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
      D MajorD        E minorEm
Dirty old town, dirty old town
      D MajorD        E minorEm
Dirty old town, dirty old town

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