E
'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war
  E                                  B
I saw my first pistol in the general store
       B
In the general store, when I was thirteen
  B                                 E
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
E
Asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
                                           B
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
    B
Really blew up, I didn't understand
B                           E
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

[Chorus]
    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.

[Verse]
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt.
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she'd loads a might slow.
Loads a might slow. I soon found out
Get you into trouble, but it can't get you out.
So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45.
It was called a peace maker, but I never knew why.
Never knew why, I didn't understand.
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand.

[Chorus]
    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
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand.

[Verse]
       F#
Well I got into a card game in a company town
F#                                         C#
Caught a miner cheatin', I shot the dog down
  C#
I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall
C#                               F#
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
    F#
My trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed
     F#                                   C#
They asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
    C#
Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man
C#                                 F#
Nothin' touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

[Chorus]
    B
The devil's right hand
    F#      B     F#
The devil's right hand
C#                          F#
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand.

    B
The devil's right hand
    F#      B     F#
The devil's right hand
C#                                 F#
Nothin touched the trigger but the devil's right hand.

C#                             F#
My mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand!