################################################################ # The following is the author's own interpretation of the song # # to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from # # www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE! # # Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll # # memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60 # # minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today. # ################################################################ Bap Kennedy: DIRTY OLD TOWN by Ewan MacColl Domestic Blues, 1998 E-Squared Records Transcribed by Bap Kennedy- acoustic guitar, vocals Roy M. Huskey Jr.- upright bass Peter Rowan- mandola, background vocals Jerry Douglas- dobro Steve Earle- acoustic guitar Larry Atamanuik- drums Time:4/4 Acapella; first voice, then second voice: I met my love Met my love By the gasworks wall By the gasworks wall Dreamed a dream Dreamed a dream By the old canal By the old canal I kissed my girl I kissed my girl By the factory wall By the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town G Clouds are drifting Across the moon C Catch a prowler G On the beat Springs a girl In the street at night D Dirty old town Em Dirty told town G I heard a siren A'coming from the dock C I saw a train G I set the night on fire Smelled the spring And the smoke and wind D Dirty old town Em Diry old town G I'm gonna make me A good sharp ax C Shining steel G Tempered in the fire I'll chop you down Like an old dead tree D Dirty old town Em Dirty old town D Dirty old town Em Dirty old town D Dirty old town Em Dirty old town