Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard tuning
SONG: DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND
ARTIST: JOHNNY CASH
FROM: UNEARTHED
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND
JOHNNY CASH
NOTE: USE POWER CHORDS (CAN USE BARRE CHORDS AS WELL)
INTRO:
C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC 
FF C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------(10)p-8---------------------------------------
G----------------------------10-p-8---------------------------------------
D--10--10------------10--10--10-p-8---10--10-------------10--10-----------
A--10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-------------10--10-----------
E--8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8------------8---8--11-8-11-8---8---8--11-8-11-8-
VERSES:
C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC ETC.
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
A--10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
E--8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8--11-8-11-8--
ETC. (Can Improvise at times if you wish)
OR
ALTERNATIVE WAY TO PLAY - PATTERN FOR VERSES
USE Palm Muting: (Something like this)
C majorC C majorC PM----- C majorC FF F-PM C majorC
E MajorE -------------------------------------
BB ---------------------(10)-(10)-------
G+G ----------------------10---10--------
D MajorD --10--10--10--10--10--10---10---10---
A augmentedA --10--10--10--10--10-(-8)--(8)--10---
E MajorE --8---8---8---8---8-------------8----
C majorC C majorC PM----- C majorC G+G G-PM C majorC
E MajorE -------------------------------------
BB ---------------------(12)-(12)-------
G+G ----------------------12---12--------
D MajorD --10--10--10--10--10--12---12---10---
A augmentedA --10--10--10--10--10-(10)-(10)--10---
E MajorE --8---8---8---8---8-------------8----
VERSE:
C majorC FF C majorC
Well about the time my daddy left to fight the big war
G+G C majorC
Saw my first pistol in the general store
FF C majorC
In the general store when I was thirteen
G+G C majorC
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
VERSE:
C majorC FF C majorC
I asked if I could have one when I grew up
G+G C majorC
Mama dropped a dozen eggs and she really blew up
FF C majorC
She really blew up and I didn't understand
G+G C majorC
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
CHORUS: - (FOLLOWS SIMILAR PATTERN TO VERSES AS FAR AS Palm Muting, ETC.)
FF C majorC
She really blew up and I didn't understand
G+G C majorC
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
FF C majorC
The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand
G+G C majorC
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
BREAK:
C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ------------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
A augmentedA --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
E MajorE --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8--11-8-11-8--
VERSE:
C majorC FF C majorC
My very first pistol was a cap 'n' ball Colt
G+G C majorC
Shoots as fast as lightning but it loads a might slow
FF C majorC
It loads a might slow and I soon found out
G+G C majorC
It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out
VERSE:
C majorC FF C majorC
Then I went and bought myself a Colt .45
G+G C majorC
Called a "Peacemaker" but I didn't know why
FF C majorC
I never knew why and I didn't understand
G+G C majorC
'Cause Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
CHORUS:
FF C majorC
I never knew why and I didn't understand
G+G C majorC
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
FF C majorC
The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand
G+G C majorC
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
BREAK:
C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ------------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
A augmentedA --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
E MajorE --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8--11-8-11-8--
C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC
E MajorE -------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------
G+G -------------------------------------
D MajorD --10--10------------10--10-----------
A augmentedA --10--10------------10--10-----------
E MajorE --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--
VERSE:
C majorC FF C majorC
I got into a card game in a company town
G+G C majorC
Caught a minor cheatin' and I shot the dog down
FF C majorC
Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall
G+G C majorC
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
VERSE:
C majorC FF C majorC
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
G+G C majorC
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
FF C majorC
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
G+G C majorC
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand
CHORUS:
FF C majorC
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
G+G C majorC
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand
FF C majorC
The Devil'sright hand, the Devil's right hand
G+G C majorC
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand
OUTRO:
C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ------------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
A augmentedA --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
E MajorE --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8--11-8-11-8--
C majorC C majorC C majorC
E MajorE ----------8----
BB ----------8----
G+G ----------9----
D MajorD --10--10--10---
A augmentedA --10--10--10---
E MajorE --8---8---8----
Devil's Right Hand chords
"Devil's right hand" is a song off of Johnny Cash' Unearthed box set, released after his death in 2003. "Devil's right hand" is written by Steve Earle and released as a part of his Copperhead Road album from 1989.
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