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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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Billy Joel-Uptown Girl

[BPM - 129]
[Intro]
"uh oh .." etc - 
[E] [F#m] [G#m] ([A] [B])

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a 
[E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never 
[G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an
[E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Chorus]
[C] And when she [Am] knows what
She [Dm] wants from her [G] time
[C] And when she [Am] wakes up
And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind
[A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse] 
[E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her 
[G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her
[E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her 
[G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl .....  [F#m] You know I can't afford to 
[G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my  
[E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of 
[G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win

[Chorus]
[C] And when she's [Am] walking
She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine
[C] And when she's [Am] talking
She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine
[A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4]
(just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate)
[E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E]Uptown girl [F#m]  
She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ......... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)            

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