Steve Earle - Devil's Right Hand guitar chord

THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND

Steve Earle

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About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war

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I saw my first pistol in the general store

In the general store, when I was thirteen

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Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

I asked if I could have one someday when I grew up

Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up

She really blew up and I didn't understand

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

Chorus

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The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand

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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

Shoot as fast as lightin' but it loads a mite slow

Loads a mite slow and soon I found out

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

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

Called a peacemaker, but I never knew why

Never knew why, I didn't understand

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

Repeat Chorus Twice / Verse Break / Modulate to F#

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

Caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down

Shot the dog down, I watched the man fall

Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw

The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed

Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said

Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man

Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

Repeat Chorus Twice - but end second with "nothing touched the trigger...

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand