[Intro ]
         D                 G          D        Em  Bm      
A|---5-7----5-7---5---------------7-5------5---7---5-| 
E|-------2------2------2-5----5-2-----2------2-------| 
C|---------------------------------------------------| 
G|-2----------------2------4-------------2-----------| 
  
Chorus  
          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 
  
Verse  
            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 
  
Interlude  
C C C C  F F  C C C C C C  G G  Am 
  
Verse 
         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 
  

[Refrão]
  
         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