Dirty Old Town

Tempo: 102  Time: 4/4 

Intro 
C Dm F C Dm F 

 
       C     Dm         F 
I met my love by the gas works wall 
        C                    Dm 
Dreamed a dream by the old canal 
             Am                  F 
I kissed my girl by the factory wall 
          C               Dm 
Dirty old town, dirty old town 
 

 
          C   Dm                 F 
Clouds are drifting across the moon 
        C                  Dm 
Cats are prowling under the stars 
             Am                         F 
A spring wind blows through the broken glass 
          C               Dm 
Dirty old town, dirty old town 
 

 
         F                           C 
I'm gonna make me a clean sweep someday 
        Dm                              Am 
Wash the smoke an old dead tree Dirty away 
                        F 
Take my love and we'll run 
         C        Dm 
From this dirty old town 
 

 
   C     Dm                      F 
The ship yard whistles below a dawn 
                     C               Dm 
The steel mills roar like a wounded beast 
               Am                  F 
But tonight we walk these empty streets 
              C             Dm 
In my Dirty old town, dirty old town 
 

 
         F                           C 
I'm gonna make me a clean sweep someday 
        Dm                              Am 
Wash the smoke an old dead tree Dirty away 
                        F 
Take my love and we'll run 
         C        Dm 
From this dirty old town 

{Instrumental} 
F C Dm Am Bb F C 
 

 
        C    Dm                        F 
The old town holds me like iron chains 
                 C                   Dm 
Whispers my name through the pouring rain 
             Am              F 
But one day soon I'll break away 
                 C               Dm 
And leave these grey streets far behind 
 

 
         F                           C 
I'm gonna make me a clean sweep someday 
        Dm                              Am 
Wash the smoke an old dead tree Dirty away 
                        F 
Take my love and we'll run 
         C        Dm 
From this dirty old town