Dirty Old Town
Dirty Old Town

Dirty Old Town easy guitar chords by David Byrne

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • D

  • Em

  • Bm

    2

  • A

  • G

  • D

  • Em

  • Bm

    2

  • A

  • G

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Well, 
    there 
    are 

    16 people 
    in 
    Danny's 
    apartment 

    16 people 
    are 
    liv
    ing 
    in 
    there 

    Re
    member 
    the 
    days 
    of 
    rent 
    control 

    Grandpa 
    remembers 
    rock 
    and 
    roll 

    Verse 2
    These 
    days 
    won't 
    last 
    forever

    These 
    days 
    won't 
    last 
    for 
    long 

    You 
    know, 

    some
    body 
    somewhere 
    owes 
    us 
    a 
    favor 

    That's 
    how 
    things 
    really 
    get 
    done 

    In this 
    World 
    of 
    Op
    portunities, 

    it's 
    a 
    Land 
    of 
    Pos
    sibilities 

    Verse 3
    We 
    want 
    to 
    live 
    in 
    a 
    dirty 
    old 
    town 

    Building 
    it 
    up, 
    tearing 
    us 
    down 

    With 
    our 
    head 
    in 
    the 
    clouds 
    and 

    our 
    feet 
    on 
    the 
    ground 

    We 
    want 
    to 
    live 
    ? dirty 
    old 

    town 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 4
    Now 
    when 
    the 
    ladies 
    come 
    from 
    Kansas 

    They 
    wear 
    their 
    traditional 
    col
    ors 

    Today 
    the fabrics 
    are 

    ragged 
    and 
    torn 

    The clothes 
    on 
    their 
    backs 
    is 

    all 
    that 
    they 
    own 

    They say, 
    "Don't 
    draw 

    attention 
    to 
    yourself 

    They'll 
    tear 
    you 
    apart 
    for 

    a couple 
    a bucks 

    Keep 
    your 
    head 
    down 
    and 

    keep 
    your nose 
    clean 

    'Cause 
    people 
    who're 
    scared 

    do 
    dangerous 
    things" 

    Verse 5
    These 
    days 
    can't 
    last 
    forever

    These 
    days 
    can't 
    last 
    for 
    long 

    You 
    know 
    someday 
    things 

    will 
    get 
    better 

    Somehow 
    things 
    will 
    get 
    done 

    It's 
    a 
    World 
    of 
    Pos
    sibilities, 

    It's 
    a 
    Land 
    of 
    Oppor
    tunities 

    Verse 6
    We 
    want 
    to 
    live 
    in 
    a 
    dirty 
    old 
    town 

    Building 
    it 
    up, 
    tearing 
    us 
    down 

    Head 
    in 
    the 
    clouds 
    and 
    our 

    feet 
    on 
    the 
    ground 

    We 
    want 
    to 
    live 
    ? dirty 
    old 
    town 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 7
    These 
    days 
    shoes 
    are 
    worn 

    only 
    on 
    spe
    cial 
    occasions 

    Battles 
    are 
    fought 
    for 

    fam'ly 
    and 
    nations 

    Maybe 
    you 
    pray, 
    but 
    God 
    isn't 
    home 

    And 
    there's 
    no 
    guarantee 

    that 
    justice 
    be 
    done 

    Verse 8
    We want 
    to 
    live 
    in 
    a 
    dirty 
    old 
    town 

    Building 
    it 
    up, 
    tearing 
    us 
    down 

    Head 
    in 
    the 
    clouds 
    and 
    our 

    feet 
    on 
    the 
    ground 

    We 
    want 
    to 
    live 
    ? dirty 
    old 
    town 

    Outro 1



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