[INTRO:] C

[VERSE 1:]
         C   Am  C
E|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