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The Devil's Right Hand
Recorded by The Highwaymen
Written by Steve Earle

(Johnny Cash)
[E]About the time that daddy left to fight the big war
I saw my first pistol in [B] the general store
In the general store,when I was thirteen
Thought it was the finest thing [E] I ever had seen

Verse 2:(Willie Nelson)
2. [E]So I asked if i could have one some day when i grew up
Mama dropped a dozen [B] eggs, she really blew up
She really blew up and I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the [E] devil's right hand

(chorus all together)
[A]The devil's right [A] hand, the devil's right hand
[B] Mama said the pis-[E]tol is the devil's right hand

(Kris Kristofferson)
3. [E] My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt
Shoots as fast as lightin' but [B] it loads a mighty slow
Loads a mighty slow and soon i found out
It can get you into trouble but [E] it can't get you out

Waylon Jennings)
4. [E] So then i went and bought myself a colt 45
Called a peacemaker [B] but i never knew why
Never knew why,i didn't understand
'Cause Mama said the pistol [E] is the devil's right hand

(chorus all together)
[A]The devil's right [A] hand, the devil's right hand
[B] Mama said the pis-[E]tol is the devil's right hand

(chorus all together)
[A]The devil's right [A] hand, the devil's right hand
[B] Mama said the pis-[E]tol is the devil's right hand

5. [F#] Well i got into a card game in a company town
Caught a miner cheat-[C#]ing i shot the dog down
Shot the dog down,watched the man fall
Never touched his holster [F#] never had a chance to draw
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
Asked me how I [C#] pleaded,not guilty i said
Not guilty i said,you've got the wrong man
 

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