The Devil's Right Hand Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]About the time that Daddy
left to fight the big war
I saw my first pistol in the general [A]store
In the general store when
I was thirteen
Thought it was the finest
thing [D]I ever had seen

[Verse 2]
L [D]asked if I could have one
someday when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs,
she really [A]blew up
Really blew up, I didn't understand
Mama said,"The pistol is the dev
[D]il's right hand"

[Verse 3]
[G]The devil's right hand
The dev[D]il's [G]right [D]hand
[A]Mama said,"The pistol
Is the [D]devil's right hand

[Verse 4]
[D]
My very first pistol was
a cap and ball Colt
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but
it loads a mite [A]slow
Loads a mite slow and soon I found out
It can get you into trouble
but it [D]can't get you out

[Verse 5]
So [D]then I went and bought
myself a Colt 45
Called a Peacemaker but
I never knew [A]why
Never knew why, I didn't understand
Mama said, "The pistol is
[D]the devil's right hand"

[Verse 6]
The [G]devil's right hand
The dev[D]il's right hand
[A]Mama said, "The pistol
Is the [D]devil's right hand"

[Verse 7]
[G]The devil's right hand
The dev[D]il's right hand
[A]Mama said, "The pistol
Is the [D]devil's right hand"

[Interlude 1]
[D][A]
[D]

[Verse 8]
Well I get [E]into a card game
in a company town
Caught a miner cheating,
I shot the dog down
[B]Shot the dog down,
I watched the man fall
Never touched his holster,
never [E]had a chance to draw

[Verse 9]
[E]The trial was in the morning and they
[Incomprehensible] me out of bed
Asked me how I pleaded,
"Not guilty" I [B]said
"Not guilty", I said,
you've got the wrong man
Nothing touched the trigger but the
[E]devil's right hand

[Verse 10]
[A]The devil's right hand
The [E]devil's [A]right [E]hand
[B]Mama said,"The pistol
Is the [E]devil's right hand"

[Verse 11]
The [A]devil's right hand
The [E]devil's right hand
[B]Nothing touched the trigger
But the [E]devil's right hand
[A]

[Verse 12]
[E]
My [B]Mama said,"The pistol
Is the [E]devil's right hand"

[Outro 1]
[E]