[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 - Drums straight in] [Eb][Eb][Bbm][Db] (play pattern 111 133 with power chords to suggest 7th but not on Db) (keyboard riff is play the sus2 Eb Eb Ebsus2 Eb - x688 x6810 x6810)
[Verse 1] [Eb] Funny how I [Bbm] find myself [Db] in [Eb] love with you [Bbm][Db] [Eb] If I could buy my [Bbm] reaso [Db] ning I'd [Eb] pay to lose [Bbm][Db] One [E] half won't do
[Pre-chorus] [Am][F][G][C] I've [F] asked myself how much [G] do you. [Am] .. [F][G][C] Com [F] mit yourself? (drums BBS BBS)
[Chorus] [G] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] don't [C] you for [Am] get [Dm][G] [C] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] it [C] never [Am] ends [Dm][G][C]
[Instrumental] [Fm][Fm] (implied more than played - bass also stops) [Eb][Eb][Bbm][Db]
[Verse 2] [Eb] Funny how I [Bbm] blind myself [Db] I [Eb] never knew [Bbm][Db] [Eb] If I was sometimes [Bbm] played upon [Db] a [E] fraid to lose
[Pre-chorus] [Am][F][G][C] I'd [F] tell myself what good you [G] do [Am] ... [F][G][C] Con[F] vince myself
[Chorus] [G] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] don't [C] you for [Am] get [Dm][G] [C] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] it [C] never [Am] ends [Dm][G][C]