The Devils Right Hand Chords

The Devil's Right Hand
by Steve Earle
 
Capo on the 2nd fret
 
 
[Intro]
D   D   D   D
 
[Verse 1]
 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
 
 
[Chorus]
    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
 
 
[Interlude]
D   D   D   D
 
 
[Verse 2]
   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
 
 
[Chorus]
    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
 
 
[Solo]
| D   | D   | D   | D A |
| A   | A   | A   | D
 
 
[Verse 3] (Key change)
          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
 
 
[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
Nothin' touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
 
A     E A E
 
B                           E
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
 
E     E     E
E B E
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