Oretown chords by The Pogues

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) The night stank of diesel
A stranger came to town
A cold wind blowing
And the rain pouring down

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Verse 2

Street lights flicker

And the power lines moan

The moon beat down

On a river of bone

Verse 3

Someone put the lights out

No one make a sound

You won't find a thing

Down in Oretown

Verse 4

Foundry spits fire and smoke

Air's foul and choking

Sky is full of sulphur

Verse 5
Hills flat and broken
A 
 (A major) Black fogs and whirlwinds
The thunder and rain
Em 
 (E minor) Open drink madness
Purple mad pain

Verse 6

The circus is over

Exit the clowns

Nobody's laughing

Down in Oretown

Verse 7

The ship's in the harbor

Cargo's been pawned

Barrooms spilling sailors

All shipwrecked at dawn

Verse 8

Smelling of salt and rust

Uniform's torn

Came looking for flowers

Verse 9
Only found thorns
D 
 (D major) Dreaming of mermaids
A 
In  (A major) pearly white gowns
Em 
 (E minor) Captain is sleeping
Down in Oretown

Verse 10

There's a man down on mainstreet

Eyes all aflame

Laughing in the thunder

Of the Number 9 train

Verse 11

Selling old postcards in rusty frames

A thousand views of Oretown

And they all look the same

Verse 12

Dressed up in sandals

A barbed wire crown

A lot of people lost their minds

Down in Oretown

Verse 13

Lock up the lawman Let

go the thief

Round up the grey men

Nail them to a tree

Verse 14

This town was a palace

This town was aglow

Well, the sky burned orange

And the iron river flowed

Verse 15

The night stank of diesel

A stranger came to town

The night folded over

Outro 1
Down in Oretown
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