Verse 1
           G                G 
I met my love, by the gasworks wall 
           C                 G 
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal 
         G                   G 
Kissed my girl, by the factory wall 
 
Refrain
      Am                Em 
Dirty old town, dirty old town 
 
Verse 2
              G                   G 
Clouds are drifting, across the moon 
         C                 G 
Cats a prowling, on their beat 
           G                     G 
Springs a girl, on the street at night 
 
Refrain
      Am                Em 
Dirty old town, dirty old town 
 
Verse 3
          G               G 
Heard a siren, from the docs 
         C                  G 
Saw a train, set the night on fire 
             G                   G 
Smell the spring,in the smokey wind 
 
Refrain
      Am                Em 
Dirty old town, dirty old town 
 
Verse 4
               G                 G 
I'm going to make, a good sharp axe 
           C                     G 
Shining steel, tempered in the fire 
                G                      G 
Will chop you down, like an old dead tree 
 
Refrain
      Am              Em 
Dirty old town, Dirty old town 
      Am              Em 
Dirty old town, Dirty old town