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Dixieland - Steve Earle Chords

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D G

I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County Clare

D Bm

And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of there

D G

And I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne", the vilest tub afloat

D Bm

And the captain's brother was a railroad man and he met us at the boat

A G A

So I joined up with the 20th Maine like I said my friend I'm a fighting man

D Em F#m G

And we're marchin' south in the pouring rain

A D

We're all goin' down to Dixieland

D G

I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine and we fight for Chamberlain

D Bm

'Cause he stood right with us when the Johnnies came like a banshee on the wind

D G

In the smoke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother wept

D Bm

For many a good boy died there, sure, and the air smelt just like death

A G A

I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I marched to hell and back again

D Em F#m G A D

For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain - we're all goin' down to Dixieland

D G

I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn all gentlemen

D Bm

Whose only worth is their father's name and the sweat of a workin' man

D D G

Well we come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign lands

D

And we spilled our blood in the battle's heat

Bm

Now we're all Americans

A G A

I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine did I tell you friend I'm a fightin' man

D Em F#m G A D

And I'll not be back this way again, 'cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland

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