Steve Earle – Dixieland chords
Chords:
Intro D G D Bm A DD GI am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County ClareD BmAnd the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of thereD GAnd I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne", the vilest tub afloatD BmAnd the captain's brother was a railroad man and he met us at the boatA G ASo I joined up with the 20th Maine like I said my friend I'm a fighting manD Em F#m G And we're marchin' south in the pouring rainA DWe're all goin' down to DixielandD GI am Kilrain of the 20th Maine and we fight for ChamberlainD Bm'Cause he stood right with us when the Johnnies came like a banshee on the windD GIn the smoke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother weptD BmFor many a good boy died there, sure, and the air smelt just like deathA G AI am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I marched to hell and back againD Em F#m G For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain -A Gwe're all goin' down to DixielandD GI am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn all gentlemenD BmWhose only worth is their father's name and the sweat of a workin' manD GWell we come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign landsD BmAnd we spilled our blood in the battle's heat Now we're all AmericansA G AI am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine did I tell you friend I'm a fightin' manD Em F#m G And I'll not be back this way again,A G'cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland