The Devil's Right Hand
written by Steve Earle
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
I saw my first pistol in the general [D]store
In the general store when I was 13
I thought it was the finest thing I e[G]ver had seen
So I asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew [D]up
Yeah she really blew up, she didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the [G]devil's right hand
CHORUS:
The [C]devil's right hand
The [G]devil's right hand
[D]Mama said the pistol is the [G]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:
The [C]devil's right hand
The [G]devil's right hand
[D]Nothin' touched the trigger but the [G]devil's right hand
CHORUS 1
OUTRO: G
[G] [D] [G]
[G] [D] [G]
written by Steve Earle
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
I saw my first pistol in the general [D]store
In the general store when I was 13
I thought it was the finest thing I e[G]ver had seen
So I asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew [D]up
Yeah she really blew up, she didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the [G]devil's right hand
CHORUS:
The [C]devil's right hand
The [G]devil's right hand
[D]Mama said the pistol is the [G]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:
The [C]devil's right hand
The [G]devil's right hand
[D]Nothin' touched the trigger but the [G]devil's right hand
CHORUS 1
OUTRO: G
[G] [D] [G]
[G] [D] [G]
