Dirty Old Town

The Pogues

Intro: 4/4 ||(harmonica) -

|| D |

| G |

| D |

| Em |

| D | (I met my) ||

1. I met my love by the gas works wall____

C

Dreamed the dream by the old can-al____

G

I kissed my girl by the fact-ry wall____

D

Em

Dir-ty old town____ Dir-ty old town____

G

2. Clouds are drift-ing a-cross the moon____

G
C
Cats are prow-ling on their beat____
G

Spring's a girl round the street at night____

D
Em || (key change - violin) Dir-ty old town____ Dir-ty old town____

Instrumental: || C |

| F |

| C |

|| C |

| Dm |

| Am |

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(I heard a)

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3. I heard a si-ren from the docks____

C

Saw a train set the night on fire____

G

I smelled the spring on the smok-ey wind____

D

Em

Dir-ty old town____ Dir-ty old town____

G

4. I'm gon-na make me a big sharp axe____

C

Shin-ing steel temp-ered in the fire___

G

Ill chop you down like an old dead tree____

D

Em

Dir-ty old town____ Dir-ty old town____

G

5. I met my love by the gas works wall____

C

Dreamed a dream by the old can-al

G

I kissed my girl by the fact-ry wall____

D

Em

Em

Dir-ty old town____ Dir-ty old town____

Dir-ty old town____ Dir-ty old town____

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