G# I met my love by the gas works wall C# G# Dreamed a dream by the old canal I Kissed my girl by the factory wall D# Fm Dirty old town, dirty old town G# Clouds are drifting across the moon C# G# Cats are prowling on their beat Springʼs a girl from the streets at night D# Fm Dirty old town, dirty old town C# F# C# G# A#m G# I Heard a siren from the docks C# G# Saw a train set the night on fire I Smelled the spring on the smoky wind D# Fm Dirty old town, dirty old town G# Iʼm gonna make me a big sharp axe C# G# Shining steel tempered in the fire Iʼll chop you down like an old dead tree D# Fm Dirty old town, dirty old town G# I met my love by the gas works wall C# G# Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall D# Fm Dirty old town, dirty old town D# Fm Dirty old town, dirty old town