Dirty Old Town C – 1949 Ewan MacColl 4/4 C / / / / / F I met my love by the gas works wall. Dreamed a dream / C / / / / by the old canal. I kissed my girl by the factory wall. C G / Am / Dirty old town, dirty old town. C / / / F / Clouds are drifting across the moon. Cats are prowling on their C / / / / feet. Spring's a girl from the streets at night. C G / Am / Dirty old town, dirty old town. C / / / F / I heard a siren from the docks. Saw a train set the night on C / / / / fire. I smelled the spring on the smoky wind. C G / Am / Dirty old town, dirty old town. C / / / F / I'm gonna make me a good sharp axe. Shining steel tempered C / / / / in the fire. I'll chop you down like an old dead tree. C G / Am / Dirty old town, dirty old town. C / / / / F I met my love by the gas works wall. Dreamed a dream / C / / / / by the old canal. I kissed my girl by the factory wall. C G / Am / ||: Dirty old town, dirty old town. :|| repeat and fade Written about Salford, Lancashire, England where MacColl grew up. Popular version by the Pogues and the Dubliners. 3/13/2021 Dirty Old Town G – 1949 Ewan MacColl 4/4 G / / / / / C I met my love by the gas works wall. Dreamed a dream / G / / / / by the old canal. I kissed my girl by the factory wall. G D / Em / Dirty old town, dirty old town. G / / / C / Clouds are drifting across the moon. Cats are prowling on their G / / / / feet. Spring's a girl from the streets at night. G D / Em / Dirty old town, dirty old town. G / / / C / I heard a siren from the docks. Saw a train set the night on G / / / / fire. I smelled the spring on the smoky wind. G D / Em / Dirty old town, dirty old town. G / / / C / I'm gonna make me a good sharp axe. Shining steel tempered G / / / / in the fire. I'll chop you down like an old dead tree. G D / Em / Dirty old town, dirty old town. G / / / / C I met my love by the gas works wall. Dreamed a dream / G / / / / by the old canal. I kissed my girl by the factory wall. G D / Em / ||: Dirty old town, dirty old town. :|| repeat and fade Written about Salford, Lancashire, England where MacColl grew up. Popular version by the Pogues and the Dubliners. 3/13/2021 .