CAPO: 1 


Intro: C 

verse 1: 
         C   Am  C 
I saw my love___ 
                   G     Am  G 
Where the gaslight falls 
C         F         Fm 
Dreamed a dream___  
             C  Am  C 
by the old canal___ 
F         C   Am  C 
Kissed my girl___ 
               G    Am  G 
by the factory wall 
C         G               Am 
Dirty old town, dirty old town 


verse 2: 
           C   Am  C 
Clouds are drifting___ 
           G    Am  G 
across the moon 
C        F 
Cats are prowling 
G        C  Am  C 
on their beat__ 
F         C   Am  C 
Springs a girl___ 
                 G    Am  G 
in the street at night 
C         G               Am 
Dirty old town, dirty old town 


verse 3: 
          C   Am  C 
I heard a siren____ 
         G     Am  G 
from the docks 
C     F        Fm 
Saw a train___ 
                 C  Am  C 
set the night on fire__ 
F           C   Am  C 
Smelled the spring 
             G    Am  G 
on the smoky wind 
C         G               Am 
Dirty old town, dirty old town 


verse 4: 
             C   Am  C 
I'm going to take___ 
             G   Am  G 
a good sharp axe 
C       F        Fm 
Shining steel___ 
                C  Am  C 
tempered in the fire__ 
F              C   Am  C 
We'll chop you down___ 
                 G    Am  G 
like an old dead tree 
C         G               Am 
Dirty old town, dirty old town