DIRTY OLD TOWN  (Ewan McColl  -  as played by The Pogues)

          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 drif--ting across the moon  
           C                  G
Cats are prow--ling on their beats
                                         
Springs a girl on the streets at night 
           D              Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town

         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 axe  
          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

  /Quieter:
          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 (1 strum)    Em (1 strum)
Dirty old town, dirty old town

           D               Em (1 strum)
Dirty old town, dirty old town.          /abrupt stop/