D    G    D    A7    Bm

G
I met my love, by the gas yard wall
C                 G
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal

I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl in the street at night
Dirty old town, dirty old town

D    G    D    A7    Bm

I heard a siren from the dock
Saw a train set the night on fire
I smelled the spring on the smokey wind
Dirty old town, dirty old town

I'm going to make a big sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town

I met my love, by the gas yard wall
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
I kissed my girl, by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town
D               Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town