Steve Earle – The Devils Right Hand (Guitar)

 D
'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war

                                     A
I saw my first pistol in the general store

       A
In the general store, I was thirteen

                                    D
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

D
Asked if I could have it someday when I grew up

                                           A
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up

          A
Yeah, she really blew up, I didn't understand

                            D
Mama said the pistol is 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 is the devil's right hand

   D
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

                                                A
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she loads a mite slow

A
Loads a mite slow, I soon found out

                                  D
It'll get you into trouble but it can't get you out

   D
So then I went and bought myself a Colt .45

                                             A
It was called a Peacemaker, but I never knew why

A
Never knew why, I didn't understand

                            D
Mama says the pistol is 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 is 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 is the devil's right hand

          E
Well, I got into a card game in a company town

                                        B
Caught a miner cheatin', I shot the dog down

  B
I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall

                                 E
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw

    E
The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed

                                       B
Asked me how I pleaded, "not guilty" I said

    B
Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man

                                    E
Nothin' 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 is the devil's right hand

    A
The devil's right hand

    E       A     E
The devil's right hand

B                                   E
Nothin' touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

B                           E
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand