Dirty Old Town Chords by The Pogues

Dirty Old Town chords by The Pogues (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics

***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                 G          D        Em  Bm
e|-----------------------5-7--5----------------------|
B|---3-5-7--3-5-7-3----7--------7-5-3-7----3-7-5---3-|
G|-2----------------2--------------------2-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

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

I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
           D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town

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

Springs a girl on the streets at night
 D               Em
dirty old town, dirty old town

Bridge played over:
C C C C  F F  C C C C C C  G G  Am

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

smelled the breeze on the smokey wind
           D              Em
dirty old town, dirty old town


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

I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
          D               Em
dirty old town, dirty old town


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

I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
           D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
           D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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