The Devil's Right Hand(Chords)

	        

Verse 1:
 (Johnny Cash)  
            E  
	About the time that daddy left to fight the big war  
                                              B  
	I saw my first pistol in the general store  
  
	In the general store,when i was thirteen  
                                                    E  
	Thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen
  
  
  
Verse 2:
 (Willie Nelson)  
           E  
	So i asked if i could have one some day when i grew up  
                                                 B  
	Mama dropped a dozen eggs,she really blew up  
  
	She really blew up and i didn't understand  
                                                   E  
	Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand  
  
  
 (All together)  
                A                   E  
	The devil's right hand,the devil's right hand  
             B                        E  
	Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand 
 
  
	  
Verse 3:
 (Kris Kristofferson)  
            E  
	My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt  
                                                         B   
	Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a mighty slow  
  
	Loads a mighty slow and soon i found out  
                                                        E    
	It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out  
  
  
Verse 4:
 (Waylon Jennings)  
            E  
	So then i went and bought myself a colt 45  
                                             B  
	Called a peacemaker but i never knew why  
  
	Never knew why,i didn't understand  
                                                          E   
	'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand  
  
  
Chorus.(x2)  
  
  
      E ---------------------------------------------------------------  
      A ---------------------------------------------------------------  
      D ---------------------------------------------------------------  
      G ---------------------------------------------------------------  
      B ---10---9----7-5-7-----10---9----7-5-2-0-----------------------  
      e ---------------------------------------------------------------  
  
  
Break : F#   
   
Verse 5:
 (a tone higher)  
           F#    
	Well i got into a card game in a company town  
                                                C#  
	Caught a miner cheating i shot the dog down  
   
	Shot the dog down,watched the man fall  
                                                         F#  
	Never touched his holster never had a chance to draw  
  
	The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed  
                                             C#  
	Asked me how i pleaded,not guilty i said  
  
	Not guilty i said,you've got the wrong man  
                                                           F#  
	Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand  
  
  
 bis:(a tone higher)  
              B                     F#     
	The devil's right hand,the devils's right hand  
              C#                      F#  
	Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand  

  
  
Chorus bis.  
  
              C#                       F#  
	Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
	        

Written by Steve Earle