[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)
[Intro - C9 x32030 - Gsus4 - 355533 - BPM 129] x x C9 x - x C x x - F x x F - x C9 x C9 x x C x - x F x F - x Gsus4 x Gsus4 - x x x x (x2, then drums enter another 2 times)
[Verse 1] I get up, [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ... and [F] nothing [G] gets me down. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You got it tough, [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ..... [F]I've seen the [G] toughest around. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] And I know, ... [C9] ... [C] .. [F] ... [F] baby, just how [G] you feel. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You've got to roll [C9] oh [C] oll with the punches [F] [F]to get to [G] what's real [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Pre-chorus] Oh, can't you [Am] see me standing [Am/G] here, I've got my (on beat) [F] back against the [C] record ma [Dm7] chiii iine .... I [C] ain't the [Dm7] worst that you've [F] seen. Oh, can't you see what I [Gsus4] mean?
[Chorus - Rhythm xxC9x xCxx FxxF xGxG ] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Verse 2] Aaa-ohh, [C9] hey you [C] ! [F] Who said that? [F] Baby, [G] how you been? [C9][C][F][Gsus4] You say you don't know, [C9] wo ow [C][F] [F] Until we [G] begin. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Pre-chorus] Well, can't you [Am] see me standing [Am/G] here, I've got my [F] back against the [C] record ma [Dm7] chiii iine I [C] ain't the [Dm7] worst that you've [F] seen. Oh, can't you see what I [Gsus4] mean?
[Chorus] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]
[Guitar Solo] [Keyboard Solo]
[Riff - Drums stop] x x C9 x - x C x x - F x x F - x C9 x C9 x x C x - x F x F - x Gsus4 x Gsus4 - x x x x Drums back in
[Chorus] Might as well jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Might as [G] well jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4] Go ahead, jump. [C9] Jump! [C][F][F] Go ahead, [G] jump. [C9][C][F][Gsus4]