I met my [D]love by the gasworks cry.
Dreamed a [G] dream by the old [D] canal.
Kissed my girl by the fact'ry wall.
Dirty old [A] town, dirty old [Bm] town.

Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cat's are prowling on their beat
Springs a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

I'm going to make 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.

REPEAT FIRST VERSE

Changed key 04/04/07
capo 2nd fret