Devil's Right Hand Chords by Johnny Cash

Devil's Right Hand chords by Johnny Cash

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

SONG:  DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND
ARTIST: JOHNNY CASH
FROM:  UNEARTHED
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


          DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND
            JOHNNY CASH

NOTE: USE POWER CHORDS (CAN USE BARRE CHORDS AS WELL)

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INTRO:
  C  C      C  C  F    C  C       C  C
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  C      C  C      C  C      C  C     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  C PM----- C  F F-PM C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(10)-(10)-------
G ----------------------10---10--------
D --10--10--10--10--10--10---10---10---
A --10--10--10--10--10-(-8)--(8)--10---
E --8---8---8---8---8-------------8----


   C  C PM----- C  G  G-PM C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(12)-(12)-------
G ----------------------12---12--------
D --10--10--10--10--10--12---12---10---
A --10--10--10--10--10-(10)-(10)--10---
E --8---8---8---8---8-------------8----



VERSE:
    C               F       C
Well about the time my daddy left to fight the big war
              G    C
Saw my first pistol in the general store
             F     C
In the general store when I was thirteen
                 G     C
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen


VERSE:
 C             F     C
I asked if I could have one when I grew up
                  G     C
Mama dropped a dozen eggs and she really blew up
             F      C
She really blew up and I didn't understand
               G       C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand


CHORUS: - (FOLLOWS SIMILAR PATTERN TO VERSES AS FAR AS Palm Muting, ETC.)

   F          C
She really blew up and I didn't understand
 G              C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
   F            C
The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand
 G              C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand


BREAK:
   C  C      C  C      C  C      C  C
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--



VERSE:
  C            F      C
My very first pistol was a cap 'n' ball Colt
                  G       C
Shoots as fast as lightning but it loads a might slow
               F     C
It loads a might slow and I soon found out
                  G      C
It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out


VERSE:
 C                F   C
Then I went and bought myself a Colt .45
               G      C
Called a "Peacemaker" but I didn't know why
            F      C
I never knew why and I didn't understand
                  G       C
'Cause Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand


CHORUS:

  F          C
I never knew why and I didn't understand
 G              C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
   F            C
The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand
 G              C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand


BREAK:
   C  C      C  C      C  C      C  C
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--


   C  C      C  C
E -------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------
D --10--10------------10--10-----------
A --10--10------------10--10-----------
E --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--



VERSE:
  C             F    C
I got into a card game in a company town
                G      C
Caught a minor cheatin' and I shot the dog down
          F        C
Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall
                 G        C
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw


VERSE:
   C                 F       C
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
               G    C
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
              F      C
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
                   G       C
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand


CHORUS:

   F           C
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
 G                  C
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand
   F           C
The Devil'sright hand, the Devil's right hand
 G                  C
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand


OUTRO:
   C  C      C  C      C  C      C  C
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--


   C  C C
E ----------8----
B ----------8----
G ----------9----
D --10--10--10---
A --10--10--10---
E --8---8---8----

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