A
I met my love by the gas works wall
        D                  A
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
A
Kissed a girl by the factory wall
          E
Dirty old town
          F#m
Dirty old town 

Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Springs a girl in the street at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town 

Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town 

I'm going to make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
Will chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town
Dirty old town