Dirty Old Town Chords by Bettye Lavette

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I met my _ love _ _ _ down by Norman High. _ _ _
[F] _ [C] Dreamed a dream at [G] _
[C] a Greystone dance.
_ _ [G]
I [Am] kissed my love _ _ [C]
by the Dodge main [F] gate. _ _ _
[Am] Dirty [Dm] old town, _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] dirty old [Em] town.
[A] _ [Am] _ _
Cops [C] were prowling, _ _ _ _ they owned their feet.
[G] _ [C] _ _ _
Pretty young things on _ _ the 12th [F] street [C] stroll.
A _ _
[Em] _ [Am] shot rang out, _ [E] _ _
[Em] [C] and that changed it all. _ _ _
_ [Dm] Dirty old [G] town, _ _
_ [Am] dirty old town. _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
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_ [Dm] [C] I heard the sirens _ _ _
_ [Dm] [C] coming from the streets. _ _ _
I saw some foes, _ _ _ they set the night on fire.
I _ _ _ _ [Am] smelled the stench _ of _ [C] the smoky [Dm] wind.
[C] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Dm] Dirty old [G] town, _
[G] _ [Am] dirty old town. _
_ They [C] took _ a _ _ good sharp ax, [C] _ _ _
_ shining _ [C] still. _ _
_ Tempered in the [F] fire.
[C] _ _
They [Am] tried to chop you down, _ _ _
[C] like an old dead [Dm] tree, [C] but they can't.
[Dm] So dirty old town, [G] _ _ _
[Am] dirty _ old town. _ _
_ [Dm] Dirty old [G] town, but it's home to me.
_ [Am] _ Dirty old town, _ _ [Dm] dirty [F] old [G] town. _ _
[Am] Dirty _ old town. _
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