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