Waylon Jennings - The Devil's Right Hand guitar chord

The Devil's Right Hand

written by Steve Earle

from the album "Will The Wolf Survive"

10/16/05

NOTE: I checked, and I'm sure this is a different key than Earle's version.

INTRO: G

G

About the time my daddy left to fight the big war

D

I saw my first pistol in the general store

In the general store when I was 13

G

I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

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

D

Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up

Yeah she really blew up, she didn't understand

G

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

CHORUS:

C

The devil's right hand

G

The devil's right hand

D G

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

My very first pistol was a cap'n ball Colt

Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a might slow

Loads a might slow, but soon I found out

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

About a year later got a Colt .45

Called a Peacemaker but I never knew why

I never knew why, I didn't understand

'Cause mama said a pistol is the devil's right hand

CHORUS (2x)

G D G

Got into a card game in a Cumberland town

Caught a man a-cheatin' so I shot the dog down

Shot the dog down, watched a man fall

Never touched his holster never had a chance to draw

My trial was in the mornin' and they drug me outta bed

Asked me how I pleaded "not guilty" I said

"Not guilty" I said "you got the wrong man

Nothin' touched the trigger but the devil's right hand"

CHORUS 2:

C

The devil's right hand

G

The devil's right hand

D G

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

CHORUS 1

OUTRO: G

G D G

G D G