Dixieland
Steve Earle
Key of D · Chords: I IV V ii iii vi
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D G D Bm A D
Verse 1
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
Verse 2
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 For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain - A D we're all goin' down to Dixieland
Verse 3
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 G Well we come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign lands D Bm And we spilled our blood in the battle's heat 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 And I'll not be back this way again, A D 'cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland