Dirty Old Town

Dirty Old Town (Arranged by Anchors Aweigh)

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I met my love by the gasworks wall,
Dreamed a dream by the old canal;
I kissed my girl by the factory wall,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

Clouds are drifting across the moon,
Cats are prowling on their beat;
Spring's a girl from the streets at night,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

I heard a siren from the dock,
Saw a train set the night on fire;
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

I'm gonna make me a big strong ax,
Of shining steel tempered in the fire;
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

I met my love by the gasworks wall,
Dreamed a dream by the old canal;
I kissed my girl by the factory wall,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
Dirty old town, it's a dirty old town.

####.... Ewan MacColl. Arranged by Anchors Aweigh (Time On The Bay, 2005) ....####

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(Capo 2nd Fret)

Intro: [D]

I met my love by the gasworks wall, [D7]
Dreamed a [G] dream [Em] by the old [D] canal;
I [G] kissed [G] my [D] girl by the factory wall,
Dirty old [Em] town, dirty old [Bm] town. [A]

Clouds are [D] drifting across the moon, [D7]
Cats are [G] prow- [Em] ling on their [D] beat;
[G] Spring's [G] a [D] girl from the streets at night,
Dirty old [Em] town, dirty old [Bm] town. [A]

I heard a [D] siren from the docks, [D7]
Saw a [G] train [Em] set the night on [D] fire;
[G] Smelled [G] the [D] spring on the smoky wind,
Dirty old [Em] town, dirty old [Bm] town. [A]

Interlude: (normal chord progression)

I'm gonna [D] make me a big strong ax, [D7]
Of shining [G] steel [Em] tempered in the [D] fire;
I'll [G] chop [G] you [D] down like an old dead tree,
Dirty old [Em] town, dirty old [Bm] town. [A]

I met my [D] love by the gasworks wall, [D7]
Dreamed a [G] dream [Em] by the old [D] canal;
I [G] kissed [G] my [D] girl by the factory wall,
Dirty old [Em] town, dirty old [Bm] town. [A]
Dirty old [Em] town, it's a dirty old [Bm] town. (slowly)

Outro: [A] [D] (with a lead part)

~ Chords contributed by Bob Dumais ~