Liam Clancy - Dirty Old Town
CAPO: 1st Fret
[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
C Am C
I saw my love___
G Am G
Where the gaslight falls
C F Fm
Dreamed a dream___
C Am C
by the old canal___
F C Am C
Kissed my girl___
G Am G
by the factory wall
C G Am
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[VERSE 2:]
C Am C
Clouds are drifting___
G Am G
across the moon
C F
Cats are prowling
G C Am C
on their beat__
F C Am C
Springs a girl___
G Am G
in the street at night
C G Am
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[VERSE 3:]
C Am C
I heard a siren____
G Am G
from the docks
C F Fm
Saw a train___
C Am C
set the night on fire__
F C Am C
Smelled the spring
G Am G
on the smoky wind
C G Am
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[VERSE 4:]
C Am C
I'm going to take___
G Am G
a good sharp axe
C F Fm
Shining steel___
C Am C
tempered in the fire__
F C Am C
We'll chop you down___
G Am G
like an old dead tree
C G Am
Dirty old town, dirty old town