The Devil's Right Hand(Chords)

	        E 
'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war 
  E                                  B 
I saw my first pistol in the general store 
       B 
In the general store, I was thirteen 
  B                                 E 
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen 
E 
Asked if I could have it someday when I grew up 
                                          B 
Mama dropped a dozen eggs and really blew up 
    B 
She really blew up, I didn't understand 
B                           E 
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand 


Chorus: 
    A 
The devil's right hand 
    E       A     E 
The devil's right hand 
B                           E 
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. 

My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt. 
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she'd load a might slow. 
Load a might slow. I soon found out it'll 
Get you into trouble,but it can't get you out. 
So then I went and bought myself a colt 45. 
It was called a peace maker, but i never knew why. 
Never knew why, I didn't understand. 
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand. 

Chorus: 

       F# 
Well I got into a card game in a company town 
F#                                         C# 
Caught a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog down 
  C# 
I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall 
C#                               F# 
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw 
    F# 
The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed 
     F#                                   C# 
They asked me how i pleaded, not guilty I said 
    C# 
Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man 
C#                                 F# 
Nothin touched the trigger but the devils right hand 

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Written by Steve Earle