D   D   D   D

G   G   D   D

Em   Em   Bm   Bm(STOP)

I met my love...   by the gas works wall...
Dreamed a dream... by the old canal...
I kissed my girl... by the factory wall...
Dirty old town...
Dirty old town...
 
Clouds are drif....ting across the moon...
Cats are prow...ling on their beat...
Spring's a girl... from the streets at night...
Dirty old town...
Dirty old town...

C   C   C   C

F   F   C   C

C   C   C   C

G   G   Am   Am(STOP)
 
I heard a si........ren from the docks...
Saw a train... set the night on fire...
I smelled the spring... on the smoky wind...
Dirty old town...
Dirty old town...
 
I'm gonna make... me a good sharp axe...
Shining steel... tempered in the fire...
I'll chop you down... like an old dead tree...
Dirty old town...
Dirty old town...
 
I met my love...   by the gas works wall...
Dreamed a dream... by the old canal...
I kissed my girl... by the factory wall...
Dirty old town...
Dirty old town...

Dirty old town...
Dirty old town