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