IntroD G D Bm A DD G I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County ClareD Bm And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of thereD G And I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne", the vilest tub afloatD Bm And the captain's brother was a railroad man and he met us at the boatA G A So 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 D We're all goin' down to DixielandD G I 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 G In the smoke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother weptD Bm For many a good boy died there, sure, and the air smelt just like deathA G A I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I marched to hell and back againD Em F#m G For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain -A D we're all goin' down to DixielandD G I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn all gentlemenD Bm Whose only worth is their father's name and the sweat of a workin' manD G Well we come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign landsD Bm And we spilled our blood in the battle's heat Now we're all AmericansA G A I 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 D 'cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland
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