[Intro]
 
| D   | D   | D   | D   |
| G   | G   | D   | D   |
| Em  | Em  | Bm  | Bm
 
 
[Verse 1] (key change)
 
          G
I met my love by the gas works wall
           C                 G
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
             G
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
            G
Clouds are drifting across the moon
          C                G
Cats are prowling on their beat
           G
Springs a girl from the streets at night
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
 
 
[Instrumental] (key change)
 
| C   | C   | C   | C   |
| F   | F   | C   | C   |
| C   | C   | C   | C   |
| G   | G   | Am  | Am
 
 
[Verse 3] (key change)
 
           G
I heard a siren from the docks
       C                     G
Saw a train set the night on fire
              G
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
           G
I"m gonna make me a big sharp axe
        C                     G
Shining steel tempered in the fire
               G
I"ll chop you down like an old dead tree
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
          G
I met my love by the gas works wall
           C                 G
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
             G
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
          Am              Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
          D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town