Oretown chords by The Pogues
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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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
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Street lights flicker
And the power lines moan
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The moon beat down
On a river of bone
Verse 3
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Someone put the lights out
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No one make a sound
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You won't find a thing
Down in Oretown
Verse 4
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Foundry spits fire and smoke
Air's foul and choking
Sky is full of sulphur
Verse 5
Hills flat and broken
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Black fogs and whirlwinds
The thunder and rain
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Open drink madness
Purple mad pain
Verse 6
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The circus is over
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Exit the clowns
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Nobody's laughing
Down in Oretown
Verse 7
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The ship's in the harbor
Cargo's been pawned
Barrooms spilling sailors
All shipwrecked at dawn
Verse 8
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Smelling of salt and rust
Uniform's torn
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Came looking for flowers
Verse 9
Only found thorns
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Dreaming of mermaids
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In pearly white gowns
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Captain is sleeping
Down in Oretown
Verse 10
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There's a man down on mainstreet
Eyes all aflame
Laughing in the thunder
Of the Number 9 train
Verse 11
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Selling old postcards in rusty frames
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A thousand views of Oretown
And they all look the same
Verse 12
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Dressed up in sandals
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A barbed wire crown
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A lot of people lost their minds
Down in Oretown
Verse 13
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Lock up the lawman Let
go the thief
Round up the grey men
Nail them to a tree
Verse 14
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This town was a palace
This town was aglow
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Well, the sky burned orange
And the iron river flowed
Verse 15
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The night stank of diesel
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A stranger came to town
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The night folded over
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Down in Oretown
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Oretown
The Pogues
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