Ted Leo

Dirty Old Town

Ted Leo


Tom: E

A/C#     Abm     A     B
Dreamed a dream by the old canal

E     Abm     C#m     B
Kissed my girl by the factory wall

A     B     E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.


E     A     E
Clouds a-driftin' across the moon

A/C#     Abm     A     B
Cats and dogs prowlin' in their beat

E     Abm     C#m     B
Spring's a girl in the streets at night

A     B     E     C#m
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

A     B     E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.


E     A     E
Heard a siren from the docks

A/C#     Abm     A     B
Saw a train set the night on fire

E     Abm     C#m     B
Smelled the fall on the smokey wind

A     B     E     C#m
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

A     B     E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

E     A     E
I'm gonna get myself a good sharp axe

A/C#     Abm     A     B
Shining steel tempered in the fire

E     Abm     C#m     B
Gonna cut you down like a dead old tree

A     B     E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.


E     A     E
I found my love by the gasworks croft

A/C#     Abm     A     B
Dreamed a dream by the old canal

E     Abm     C#m     B
Kissed my girl by the factory wall

A     B     E     C#m
In this dirty old town, dirty old town.

A     B     E     C#m
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

A     B     E7
Dirty old town, dirty old town.