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 E5 , that's just how I play it. You can 
transpose it as necessary.

The A5 chord is played x4222x, and the E5 chord is 020100 (not the other way). 
Everything else is standard.


E5     A5     E5     (1h2p1 on the g string)
I found my love by the gasworks croft

A5     Ab5     A5     B5
Dreamed a dream by the old canal

E5     Ab5     C#5     B5
Kissed my girl by the factory wall

A5     B5     E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town.


E5     A5     E5
Clouds a-driftin' across the moon

A5     Ab5     A5     B5
Cats and dogs prowlin' in their beat

E5     Ab5     C#5     B5
Spring's a girl in the streets at night

A5     B5     E5     C#5
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

A5     B5     E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town.


E5     A5     E5
Heard a siren from the docks

A5     Ab5     A5     B5
Saw a train set the night on fire

E5     Ab5     C#5     B5
Smelled the fall on the smokey wind

A5     B5     E5     C#5
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

A5     B5     E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

E5     A5     E5
I'm gonna get myself a good sharp axe

A5     Ab5     A5     B5
Shining steel tempered in the fire

E5     Ab5     C#5     B5
Gonna cut you down like a dead old tree

A5     B5     E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town.


E5     A5     E5
I found my love by the gasworks croft

A5     Ab5     A5     B5
Dreamed a dream by the old canal

E5     Ab5     C#5     B5
Kissed my girl by the factory wall

A5     B5     E5     C#5
In this dirty old town, dirty old town.

A5     B5     E5     C#5
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

A5     B5     E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
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