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