The Pogues Song facts: “Dirty Old Town” was written about an English town where the song writer, Ewan MacColl, grew up.
Harmonica type: diatonic
3 4 -4 5 4 -4 5 4 3 I met my love by the gas works wall 5 6 -6 6 -6 5 4 5 Dreamed a dream by the old canal -6 6 5 4 -4 5 4 3 Kissed a girl by the factory wall 3 4 5 -4 Dirty old town -4 4 -3 4 Dirty old town 4 -4 5 4 5 4 3 Clouds a-drifting across the moon 5 6 -6 6 -6 6 5 Cats a-prowling on their beat -6 6 5 4 -4 5 4 3 Spring's a girl in the street at night 3 4 5 -4 Dirty old town -4 4 -3 4 Dirty old town 4 -4 5 4 5 4 3 Heard a siren from the docks 4 5 -6 6 -6 6 5 6 Saw a train set the night on fire -6 6 5 4 -4 5 4 3 Smelled the spring on the smoky wind 3 4 5 -4 Dirty old town -4 4 -3 4 Dirty old town 3 4-4 5 4 -4 5 4 3 I'm gonna make me a good sharp axe 5 6 -6 6 5 -4 4 5 Shining steel tempered in the fire 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 4 3 Will chop you down like an old dead tree 3 4 5 -4 Dirty old town -4 4 -3 4 Dirty old town
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