F
'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war
F C
Saw my first pistol in a general store
C
In a general store, when I was thirteen
C F
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
F
So I asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
C
Mama dropped a dozen eggs she really blew up
C
She really blew up, she didn't understand
C F
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
Chorus:
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The devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
C F
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand.
F
My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt.
F C
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a might slow.
C
Loads a might slow. And soon I found out it'll
C F
Get you into trouble,but it can't get you out.
F
Bought a year later bought got a colt 45.
F C
Called a peace maker, but I never knew why.
C
I never knew why, I didn't understand.
C F
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand.
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The devil's right hand
F A# F
The devil's right hand
C F
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
F A# F
The devil's right hand
C F
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
*Interlude*
F
Got into a card game in a crumbling town
F C
Caught a miner cheating so I shot the dog down
C
Shot the dog down, 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 out of bed
F C
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
C
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
C F
Nothing touched the pistol but the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
F A# F
The devil's right hand
C F
Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
F A# F
The devil's right hand
C F
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand