D                     A
I found my love by the gas works wall.
          G                  D
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
          D                   
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 2]
           D
Clouds are drifting across the moon
         G             D
Cats are prowling on their beat
          D
Springs a girl in the streets at night
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 3]
            D
I heard her siren from the docks
      G                      D
Saw a train set the night on fire
            D
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Instrumental]
|Bm7  |D  |D  |D  |D  |G  |G  |D  |D  |D  |D  |D  |A  |A  |Bm7  |Bm7  |

[Verse 4]
             D
I'm going to make me a good sharp axe
        G                     D
Shining steel tempered in the fire
              D
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
          A               Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town
          A               Bm7   
Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Outro]
N.C.
I found my love by the gas works wall.
N.C.
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
N.C.
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
N.C.
Dirty old town, dirty old town