JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Dirty Old Town" adalah lagu The Pogues yang dimuat dalam album Rum Sodomy & The Lash.
Album tersebut dirilis pada 1985 dan kini telah dihadirkan secara digital.
Lagu "Dirty Old Town" merupakan salah satu tembang hit The Pogues yang berasal dari album tersebut.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Dirty Old Town" dari The Pogues.
[Intro]
| D | D | D | D |
| G | G | D | D |
| Em | Em | Bm | Bm
[Verse 1] (key change)
G
I met my love by the gas works wall
C G
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
G
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 2]
G
Clouds are drifting across the moon
C G
Cats are prowling on their beat
G
Springs a girl from the streets at night
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Instrumental] (key change)
| C | C | C | C |
| F | F | C | C |
| C | C | C | C |
| G | G | Am | Am
[Verse 3]
G
I heard a siren from the docks
C G
Saw a train set the night on fire
G
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 4]
G
I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe
C G
Shining steel tempered in the fire
G
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
[Verse 5]
G
I met my love by the gas works wall
C G
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
G
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Am Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town
D Em
Dirty old town, dirty old town