Dirty Old Town

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DIRTY OLD TOWN
Artist: The Pogues
Transcriber: Joe Leary
(Shuffle feel, very open and loose)
G
I met my love, by the gas works wall
C G
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
G
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
G
Springs a girl from the streets at night
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
G
I heard a siren from the docks
C G
Saw a train set the night on fire
G
I smelled the spring on the smokey wind
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
G
I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe
C G
Shining steel tempered in the fire
G
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
G
I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town

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DIRTY OLD TOWN
Artist: The Pogues
Transcriber: Joe Leary
(Shuffle feel, very open and loose)

Dirty Old Town Chords by The Pogues

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