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Dirty Old Town

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 I met my love  by the gasworks wall
 Dreamed a dream  by the old canal
 I kissed my girl by the factory wall
 Dirty old town,  dirty old town
 Clouds are drifting  across the moon
 Cats 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
 I smelled the spring on the smoky wind
 Dirty old town,  dirty old town
 G C G D Em (There is a slight variation on the chords but I'm not sure
  what it is, any ideas would be appreciated)
 I'm gonna  make me a big sharp axe
 Shining steel  tempered in the fire
 I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
 Dirty old town,  dirty old town
 (For the final verse just do a single down stroke on each of the chords)
 I met my love  by the gasworks wall
 Dreamed a dream  by the old canal
 I kissed my girl by the factory wall
 Dirty old town,  dirty old town
 Dirty old town,  dirty old town

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Readable chord sheet for Dirty Old Town by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

[G] [C] [G] [D] [Em]

I met my [G]love by the gasworks wall

Dreamed a [C]dream by the old [G]canal

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town

Clouds are [G]drifting across the moon

Cats are [C]prowling on their [G]beat

Springs a girl from the streets at night

Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town

I heard a [G]siren from the docks

Saw a [C]train set the night on [G]fire

I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town

G C G D Em (There is a slight variation on the chords but I'm not sure
                    what it is, any ideas would be appreciated)

I'm gonna[G] make me a big sharp axe

Shining [C]steel tempered in the [G]fire

I'll chop you down like an old dead tree

Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town

(For the final verse just do a single down stroke on each of the chords)
I met my [G]love by the gasworks wall

Dreamed a [C]dream by the old [G]canal

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town

Dirty old [D]town, dirty old [Em]town

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