
Pogues-Dirty Old Town
[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]