[Intro - BPM 120 - No drums - Free time sort of feel] Chords D G D Em Bm
E --0-2-------02-----x--------2-5---7---5-2--0------2-------0-2-0-----0-----2---- B -3--3------3------33--------3-----x---x---------3!3------3----0------3-0--3 G 2---2--------------2--------2-----0---0-----------2-----------0-----------4 D ----0--------------0--------0-----0---0-----------0-----------2-----------4 A ----------------------------------x---x-----------------------2-----------2 E ----------------------------------3---3*----------------------0------------ * - fret with 2nd figure so can hold Gmaj and play higher lines ! - fret with 3rd finger to hold to go straight from G to D
[D][D][D][D] [G][G][D][D] [Em][Em][Bm][Bm]
[Verse 1 - Drums in] (key change) I met my [G] love by the gas works [G] wall ............... Dreamed a [C] dream by the old ca [G] nal ............... I kissed my [G] girl by the factory [G] wall ............... Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
[Verse 2] Clouds are [G] drif.........ting across the moon Cats are [C] prowl........ing on their [G] beat Springs a [G] girl .........from the streets at night Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
Ch C F C E -----0---------0------x--------0-3---5---x*--x------x--- B -1-3-1------1-3-----1-1--------1-----6---8-5(5)---5-5--- G 0----0----------------0--------0-----5--(5)----7--5-5--- D -----2----------------2--------2-----7--(5)-------5-5--- A -----3----------------3--------3-----8---x----------7--- E -----------------------------------------x----------8---
Ch C G Am E -----0---------0------x--------0---0-x--------0---------- B -1-3-1------1-3-----1-1--------1-3---3--3-1---1----------- G 0----0----------------0--------0-----0------2-2---------- D -----2----------------2--------2-----0--------2--------- A -----3----------------3--------3-----x--------0--------- E -------------------------------------3!----------------- * kind of holding a barre across all 5 frets to make fuller sound but don't ring high and low notes ! play G with just 3rd and 4th finger so can use 4th finger to play pull off to
[Verse 3] (key change) I heard a [G] siren from the [G] docks Saw a [C] train set the night on [G] fire I smelled the [G] spring on the smoky [G] wind Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
[Verse 4] I'm gonna [G] make ............ me a big sharp [G] axe Shining [C] steel.......... tempered in the [G] fire I'll chop you [G] down like an old dead [G] tree Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
[Verse 5 - Quiet - no drums] I met my [G] love by the gas works [G] wall ............... Dreamed a [C] dream by the old ca [G] nal ............... I kissed my [G] girl by the factory [G] wall ............... Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em]town(stop)
bpm 72 Heavy mute - lot of strum with just first finger - fills are whole slaps on side of guitar with whole hand [C C9 C G Gsus4 G F] [Verse] [G]Don't wish it away Don't [Em] look at it like [F]it's forever [C F/C C F/C C F/C] [C] BEtween you and [G]me I could honestly [Bm] say that [F] things can only get better C F/C C F/C C F/C
And [C] while I'm [G] away [B7] Bust out the demons inside [Em] [Dm] And it [G7/D] won't be [C] long before you and me [G] run To the place in our [Am] hearts [F] where [G] we hide [Am7, G/B (quick fill - like Queen find me)]
[Chorus] And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you [C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers [C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues - [C C9 C G Gsus4 G F]
[Verse] Just [G] stare into space [Em] Picture my face [F] in your hands [C F/C C F/C C F/C] [C] Live for each [G]second Without hesi [Bm] tation and [F] never forget I'm your [C] man C F/C C F/C C F/C
[C] Wait on me [G] girl [B7] Cry in the night if it [Em] helps [Dm ] But [G7/D] more than [C] ever I simply love [G] you More than I [Am] love [F] life it[G] self [Am7, G/B]
[Chorus] And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you [C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers [C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues - C C9 C G Gsus4 G F
[Solo - Verse Chords] NOT SUNG - Just [G] stare into space NOT SUNG - [Em] Picture my face in your [F] hands [C F/C C F/C C F/C] NOT SUNG - [C] Live for each [G]second NOT SUNG - Without hesitation and [Bm] never [F] forget I'm your [C] man C F/C C F/C C F/C
[End of Verse] [C] Wait on me [G] girl [B7] Cry in the night if it [Em] helps [Dm ] But [G7/D] more than [C] ever I simply love [G] you More than I [Am] love [F] life it[G] self [Am7, G/B]
[Chorus] And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you [C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers [C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues
