Here are the chords for Dirty Old Town (an Ewan MacColl song) as played by Ted Leo
on Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead.
I don't know if it's actually played in E , that's just how I play it. You can
transpose it as necessary.
The A/C# chord is played x4222x, and the E7 chord is 020100 (not the other way).
Everything else is standard.
E A E (1h2p1 on the g string)
I found my love by the gasworks croft
A/C# Abm A B
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
E Abm C#m B
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
A B E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
E A E
Clouds a-driftin' across the moon
A/C# Abm A B
Cats and dogs prowlin' in their beat
E Abm C#m B
Spring's a girl in the streets at night
A B E C#m
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
A B E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
E A E
Heard a siren from the docks
A/C# Abm A B
Saw a train set the night on fire
E Abm C#m B
Smelled the fall on the smokey wind
A B E C#m
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
A B E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
E A E
I'm gonna get myself a good sharp axe
A/C# Abm A B
Shining steel tempered in the fire
E Abm C#m B
Gonna cut you down like a dead old tree
A B E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
E A E
I found my love by the gasworks croft
A/C# Abm A B
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
E Abm C#m B
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
A B E C#m
In this dirty old town, dirty old town.
A B E C#m
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
A B E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.