Dixieland chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  A augmentedA  D MajorD

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I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County Clare
                  D MajorD              B minorBm
And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of there
    D MajorD                         G+G
And I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne", the vilest tub afloat
                     D MajorD            B minorBm
And the captain's brother was a railroad man and he met us at the boat
   A augmentedA               G+G                  A augmentedA
So I joined up with the 20th Maine like I said my friend I'm a fighting man
     D MajorD     E minorEm      F# minorF#m   G+G
And we're marchin' south in the pouring rain
   A augmentedA         D MajorD
We're all goin' down to Dixieland

D MajorD                           G+G
I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine and we fight for Chamberlain
                    D MajorD                 B minorBm
'Cause he stood right with us when the Johnnies came like a banshee on the wind
    D MajorD                       G+G
In the smoke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother wept
           D MajorD                      B minorBm
For many a good boy died there, sure, and the air smelt just like death
  A augmentedA                   G+G             A augmentedA
I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I marched to hell and back again
  D MajorD    E minorEm   F# minorF#m  G+G
For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain -
   A augmentedA         G+G
we're all goin' down to Dixieland


 D MajorD                           G+G
I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn all gentlemen
                  D MajorD                B minorBm
Whose only worth is their father's name and the sweat of a workin' man
    D MajorD                               G+G
Well we come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign lands
                     D MajorD         B minorBm
And we spilled our blood in the battle's heat Now we're all Americans
  A augmentedA                   G+G               A augmentedA
I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine did I tell you friend I'm a fightin' man
     D MajorD   E minorEm    F# minorF#m  G+G
And I'll not be back this way again,
       A augmentedA         G+G
'cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland