[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)
[Verse] [G] From father to [C] son, the blood runs thin [D] , ooohhh see the [A] faces frozen still [F] against the wind [F] [G] The seam is split [C] The coal-face cracked [G] The lines are long [C] There's no going back [G] Through hands of steel [C] And heart of stone [G] Our labour da [C] y Has come and [D] gone [D]
[Bridge] They [A] leave me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F/C] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to. [F]
[Verse] [G] The glass is cut [C] The bottle run dry [G] Our love runs cold [C] In the caverns of the night [G] We're wounded by fear [C] Injured in doubt [G] I can lose my [C] self You I can't live with [D] out [D]
[Bridge] Yeah, you [A] keep me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [F] On t [(G)] o
[Verse] [G] We scorch the earth [C] Set fire to the sky [G] And we stooped so low [C] To reach so high [G] A link is lost [C] The chain undone [G] We wait all day [C] For night to [D] come And it [Am] comes like a [F] hunter child [F]
[Chorus] [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] [G] Love [D] slowly stripped away [F] Love has [C] seen its better day [G] Hanging on [D] Lights go down on [F] Red Hill [C] Lights go down on Red [G] Hill [D] Lights go down on Red [F] Hill's Town [F] [F] Lights go down on Red [F(let] Hill T [ring)] own