The Pogues
Dirty Old Town
Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash (1985)

D    G  D  A7  Bm  w/ harmonica

         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
          D7              Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Clouds are drift ing across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Springs a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town, dirty old town

C    F  C  C    G7  Am  w/ violon, cornemuse

I heard a sir en 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 big 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              (doux)
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town

          (rembarque)     (reste)
Dirty old town, dirty old town


(Dubliners: en F)