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Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 08:34:09 -0500
From: Joseph Leary
Subject: CHORDS : "Dirty Old Town" by THE POGUES
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DIRTY OLD TOWN
Artist: The Pogues
Transcriber: Joe Leary
(Shuffle feel, very open and loose)
G
Met my love, by the gas yard wall
C G
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
Kissed my girl, by the factory wall
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
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G
Heard a siren from the dock
C G
saw a train cut the night on fire
G
smelled the breeze on the smokey wind
D Em
dirty old town, dirty old town
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G
I'm going to make a big sharp ax
C
shining steel tempered in the fire
G
I'll cut you down like an old dead tree
D Em
dirty old town, dirty old town
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G
Clouds are drifting on the street
C
Cats are prowling on their beats
G
Springs a girl on the streets at night
D Em
dirty old town, dirty old town
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G
Met my love, by the gas yard wall
C
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
G
Kissed my girl, by the factory wall
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Kevin Average |
#1 by Kevin turbyfill at Oct 27, 1990 at 12:02 PM EST |
| This song is about Salford, which is in fact a dirty old town. A 2005 survey rated the city as the 9th worst place to live in the UK. | |
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kyle Average |
#2 by kyle sharpshooter at May 31, 1991 at 11:47 PM EST |
| Yeah it was written by Ewan McCall only it was written about either Salford or Stockport. When the Pogues came to Manchester, they actually told the crown that "this song was written about living around here". Thanks Shane | |
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Dusty Wanna Be |
#3 by Dusty Delonge at Nov 11, 1997 at 12:34 AM EST |
| Yeah it was written by Ewan McCall. I recon they done an excellent version. | |
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albert Rhythm Player |
#4 by albert casualtie at Nov 15, 2000 at 4:03 PM EST |
| i think it was written by kirsty mcolls father Ewan for a musical about growing up in Sheffeild and the pouges covered it. but it could describe any industrialised city in the uk. | |
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Derek Average |
#5 by Derek Lamberty at Feb 10, 2004 at 11:18 PM EST |
| There's a kind of defiant pride to this. Like," yes it's filthy and indutrialized, but it's mine." Written about his home town | |
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