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Dirty Old Town
Pogues
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***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|---------------------------------------------------|
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