Intro: G5 C5 G5 D5 E5

Verse:

         G5
I met my love by the gasworks wall 

          C5                G5
Dreamed a dream by the old canal

 
I kissed my girl by the factory wall

          D5               E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town



           G5
Clouds are drifting across the moon

         C5                 G5
Cats are prowling on their beat

 
Springs a girl from the streets at night

          D5               E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town



          G5
I heard a siren from the docks

      C5                      G5
Saw a train set the night on fire


I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

          D5               E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town




Bridge: 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)

 

         G5
I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe

        C5                     G5
Shining steel tempered in the fire


I'll chop you down like an old dead tree

          D5               E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town



(For the final verse just do a single down stroke on each of the chords)
         G5
I met my love by the gasworks wall

          C5                G5
Dreamed a dream by the old canal


I kissed my girl by the factory wall

          D5               E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town



          D5               E5
Dirty old town, dirty old town