• Song:

    Dixieland

  • Artist:

    Steve Earle

  • Album:

    Live At Montreux

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D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)                                                         GI (320003@1)am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County Clare 
                                   D (xx0232@1)                          BmAnd (x24432@1)the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of there 
        D (xx0232@1)                                                GAnd (320003@1)I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne", the vilest tub afloat 
                                          D (xx0232@1)                     BmAnd (x24432@1)the captain's brother was a railroad man and he met us at the boat 
     A (x02220@1)                            G (320003@1)                                 ASo (x02220@1)I joined up with the 20th Maine like I said my friend I'm a fighting man 
          D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)          F#m (244222@1)   G (320003@1)   
And we're marchin' south in the pouring rain
      A (x02220@1)               DWe're (xx0232@1)all goin' down to Dixieland

D (xx0232@1)                                                    GI (320003@1)am Kilrain of the 20th Maine and we fight for Chamberlain 
                                        D (xx0232@1)                                Bm'Cause (x24432@1)he stood right with us when the Johnnies came like a banshee on the wind 
        D (xx0232@1)                                           GIn (320003@1)the smoke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother wept 
                     D (xx0232@1)                                          BmFor (x24432@1)many a good boy died there, sure, and the air smelt just like death 
   A (x02220@1)                                   G (320003@1)                       AI (x02220@1)am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I marched to hell and back again 
    D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)   F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1)   
For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain - 
      A (x02220@1)               Gwe're (320003@1)all goin' down to Dixieland

D (xx0232@1)                                                   GI (320003@1)am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn all gentlemen 
                                   D (xx0232@1)                             BmWhose (x24432@1)only worth is their father's name and the sweat of a workin' man 
        D (xx0232@1)                                                            GWell (320003@1)we come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign lands 
                                          D (xx0232@1)               BmAnd (x24432@1)we spilled our blood in the battle's heat Now we're all Americans 
   A (x02220@1)                                   G (320003@1)                            AI (x02220@1)am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine did I tell you friend I'm a fightin' man 
         D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)      F#m (244222@1) G (320003@1)     
And I'll not be back this way again, 
             A (x02220@1)                G'cause (320003@1)we're all goin' down to Dixieland


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