Steve Earle

^D I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County C ^G lare
And the Brits would hang me for a F ^D enian so I took me leave of t ^Bm here
And I cr ^D ossed the ocean in the "Arrianne", the vilest tub a ^G float
And the captain's brother was a railroad m ^D an and he met us at the ^Bm boat
So I ^A joined up with the 20th Maine l ^G ike I said my friend I'm a fighting ^A man
And we're ^D marchin' s ^Em outh in the po ^F#m uring ra ^G in
We're ^A all goin' down to ^D Dixieland
^D I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine and we fight for Chamber ^G lain
'Cause he stood right with us when the J ^D ohnnies came like a banshee on the ^Bm wind
In the s ^D moke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother ^G wept
For many a good boy d ^D ied there, sure, and the air smelt just like ^Bm death
I a ^A m the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I ^G marched to hell and back a ^A gain
For ^D Colonel ^Em Joshua ^F#m Chamber ^G lain -
we're ^A all goin' down to ^G Dixieland
I ^D am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn all gentle ^G men
Whose only worth is their father's ^D name and the sweat of a workin' ^Bm man
Well we ^D come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign ^G lands
And we spilled our blood in the battle's h ^D eat Now we're all ^Bm Americans
I a ^A m the Kilrain of the 20th Maine did I ^G tell you friend I'm a fightin' ^A man
And I'll ^D not be ^Em back this ^F#m way ag ^G ain,
'cause we're ^A all goin' down to D ^G ixieland