Written by Ewan MacColl
Intro: |D |D |D | Verse: 1 D D D D I found my love by the gas works craft D G G D Dreamed a dream by the old canal D D D D I Kissed my boy by the factory wallVerse: 2 Bm D D D Clouds are drifting across the moon D G G D Cats are prowling on their beat D D D D Spring's a boy from the street at nightD A Dirty old town D Bm Dirty old townInstrumental | G |G |G |G | |G |C |C |G | |G |G |G |G | |G |D |D |Em | Verse: 3 N.C. D D D I Heard a siren from the docks D G G D Saw a train set the night on fire D D D D And I smelled the spring on the smoky windD A Dirty old town D Bm Dirty old townVerse: 4 Bm D D D I'm gonna make a goood sharp axe D G G D Shining steel tempered in the fire D D D And I'll chop you down like an old dead treeD A Dirty old town D Bm Dirty old townOutro Bm A Dirty old town A Bm Dirty old townD A Dirty old town D Bm Dirty old town Bm A Dirty old town A Bm Dirty old town