Dirty Old Town
Ewan McColl

          D
I met my love, by the gas yard wall
           G                   D
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
  G         D
I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
           A               Bm
Dirty old town, dirty old town


           D
Clouds are drifting all across the moon
          G                D
Cats are prowling on their beat
    G          D    
And spring's a girl in the street at night
          A              Bm
Dirty old town dirty old town


          D
I heard a siren from the dock
      G                      D
Saw a train cut the night on fire
  G           D
I smelled the breeze on the smoky wind
          A               Bm
Dirty old town, dirty old town



[instrumental]
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C . . . C . . . G . . . G . C . 
G . . . G . . . G . . . G . . . 
D . . . D . . . Em. . . Em. . .



             D
I'm going to make a good sharp axe
         G                    D
shining steel tempered in the fire
     G        D
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
          A               Bm
dirty old town, dirty old town



         D
I met my love, by the gas yard wall
          G
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
            D
I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
           A               Bm
Dirty old town, dirty old town
           A               Bm
Dirty old town, dirty old town