Dirty Old Town Chords
by Steve Earle
Dirty Old Town by Steve Earle is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verso 1:
D A
I found my love by the gas works wall.
G D
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
D
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
A Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Verso 2:
D
Clouds are drifting across the moon
G D
Cats are prowling on their beat
D
Springs a girl in the streets at night
A Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Verso 3:
D
I heard her siren from the docks
G D
Saw a train set the night on fire
D
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
A Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Instrumental
|Bm7 |D |D |D |D |G |G |D |D |D |D |D |A |A |Bm7 |Bm7 |
Verso 4:
D
I'm going to make me a good sharp axe
G D
Shining steel tempered in the fire
D
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
A Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town
A Bm7
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Outro
I found my love by the gas works wall.
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town