Intro: |D   |D   |D   | 

Verse: 1 
D           D   D                 D 
 I found my love by the gas works craft 
D             G  G             D 
  Dreamed a dream by the old canal 
D            D  D               D 
 I Kissed my boy by the factory wall 


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D           A 
  Dirty old town 
D           Bm 
  Dirty old town 

Verse: 2 
Bm           D       D           D 
  Clouds are drifting across the moon 
D          G       G         D 
  Cats are prowling on their beat 
D             D D                   D 
  Spring's a boy from the street at night 


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D           A 
  Dirty old town 
D           Bm 
  Dirty old town 

Instrumental 
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|G   |C   |C   |G    | 
|G   |G   |G   |G    | 
|G   |D   |D   |Em   | 

Verse: 3 
N.C.        D    D         D 
  I Heard a siren from the docks 
D          G G                 D 
  Saw a train set the night on fire 
D                   D    D             D 
 And I smelled the spring on the smoky wind 


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D           A 
  Dirty old town 
D           Bm 
  Dirty old town  

Verse: 4 
Bm          D  D            D 
 I'm gonna make a goood sharp axe 
D         G    G                D 
  Shining steel tempered in the fire 
                  D   D                 D 
And I'll chop you down like an old dead tree 


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D           A 
  Dirty old town 
D           Bm 
  Dirty old town 
Bm          A 
  Dirty old town 
A           Bm 
  Dirty old town 

Outro 
Bm          A 
  Dirty old town 
A           Bm 
  Dirty old town