Dirty Old Town chords

Steve Earle

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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