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