Intro 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
