G    C G    D    G
G    C G    C G    D    Em

[Verse 1]
         G            C        G
I met my love, by the gasworks wall
          C                 G
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
  C        G           C       G
I kissed a boy, by the factory wall
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town


[Verse 2]
           G         C         G
Clouds are drifting across the moon
         C                 G
Cats are prowling on their beat
C          G             C         G
Spring’s a girl from the street at night
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town


[Instrumental]
G    C G    D    G
G    C G    C G    D    Em


[Verse 3]
          G     C        G
I heard a siren from the docks
      C                      G
Saw a train set the night on fire
C           G             C     G
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
           D              Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town


[Verse 4]
             G         C         G
I'm going to make me a big sharp axe
        C                     G
Shining steel tempered in the fire
             Bm  C                 G
I'll cut you down like an old dead tree
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town


[Instrumental]
G    C G    D    G
G    C G    C G    D    Em


[Verse 5]
       G            C        G
Met my love, by the gasworks wall
          C                 G
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
  C        G           C       G
I kissed a boy, by the factory wall
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
          D               Em     D   Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town