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Pogues-Dirty Old Town - sr - 200

[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
  
[Instrumental] (key change) 
[C][C][C][C] 
[F][F][C][C] 
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][Am][Am]

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)

[End]

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Randy Crawford-One Day I'll Fly Away

[Intro Guitar and Drums] 
D      Gm6/D-x55330    D    D
Gm/D   Gm6/D           D    D
 
[Intro plus Oboe] 
D      Gm/D     D    D
Gm6/D  Gm6/D    D    D
  
[Verse 1]
D      Gm/D      D      D
      I make it alone
Gm6/D      Gm6/D    D      D
      When love is gone
D          Gm/D           D      D
      Still you made your mark
Gm6/D      Gm6/D   D      D
      Here in   my heart
  
[Chorus  - Bm11 to make quick to Bm7 play x24x52 - just lift little finger off 5th fret of B as needed] 
D               Gm6/D   D      D
      One day I'll fly away
Bm11    Bm7  Bm11 Bm7 Em7       A7
   Leave your love to yesterday
Dm7             Dm7/C     G7sus4         Gm7
   What more can your love do     for me
Gm7/C-x33333 C7   Cdim  C  Bbm/F-113321        F
When         will love  be through        with me?
  
[Verse 2]
D      Gm/D        D      D
      I follow the night
Gm6/D      Gm6/D      D      D
      Can't stand the light
D    Gm/D      D      D
When will I begin
Gm6/D   Gm6/D   D      D
      My life again
  
[Chorus] 
D               Gm6/D   D      D
      One day I'll fly away
Bm11    Bm7  Bm11 Bm7 Em7       A7
   Leave your love to yesterday
Dm7             Dm7/C     G7sus4         Gm7
   What more can your love do     for me
Gm7/C C7   Cdim  C  Bbm6-x13023 (think Bbmin7, lift fingers and add little finger at 3rd fret on E)
When  will love  be through...          
(with bass walk up: Bb C Db Eb - tap with right hand on low E - 6 8 9 11
ensure fretting hand mutes left hand portion of low E string)
Edim7-012020 F
with         me?
  
[Bridge] 
Gdim7/E-012020
Dm          Dm        Gm7      C7
   Why live life from dream to dream
    A7/C#     Dm       Bbmaj7 A7   Dm7
And dread the day that drea - ming ends
  
[Piano Instrumental] 
Bb             Ebm/Bb             Bb6-x10031     Bbaug-xx8776
Eb6/Bb-x11313  Ebm6/Gb-211312     Gm             Gm
 
[Strings Instrumental] 
D7/F#          Eb9-xx1021         F        F
Bbm6/F-xx3323  Bbm6/F
Bbm6-x13023 
(with bass walk up: Bb C Db Eb) 
Em7-5-010030 F
  
[Chorus] 
D               Gm6/D   D      D
      One day I'll fly away
Bm11    Bm7  Bm11 Bm7 Em7       A7
   Leave your love to yesterday
Dm7             Dm7/C     G7sus4         Gm7
   What more can your love do     for me
Gm7/C C7   Cdim  C  Bbm6-x13023  
When  will love  be through...          
(with bass walk up: Bb C Db Eb) 
Edim7-012020 F
with         me?
 
[Bridge] 
Gdim7/E-012020
Dm          Dm        Gm7      C7
   Why live life from dream to dream
    A7/C#     Dm       Bbmaj7 A7   Dm7
And dread the day that drea - ming ends
  
[Instrumental Outro] 
D      Gm6/D    D      D
Gm/D   Gm6/D    D      D
  Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
[Outro plus Strings] 
D      Gm/D     D      D
Gm6/D  Gm6/D    D      D
 
[Repeating and fading Outro] 
D               Gm6/D   D      D
    One day I'll fly away
Gm6/D           Gm6/D   D      D
                   fly    away
D               Gm6/D   D      D
                            One day I'll fly away
Gm6/D           Gm6/D   D      D
 
D               Gm6/D   D      D
                           fly away
Gm6/D           Gm6/D   D      D
 
D               Gm6/D   D      D
  fly away
Gm6/D           Gm6/D   D      D
                  Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
D               Gm6/D   D      D
                          One day....
Gm6/D           Gm6/D   D      D

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