The Devils Right Hand chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E MajorE BB A augmentedA F#F# C#C#

Verse 1:
E MajorE
About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war
               BB
I saw my first pistol in the general store

In the general store when I was thirteen
                 E MajorE
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
E MajorE
I asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
                BB
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up

Really blew up, I didn't understand
               E MajorE
Mama said,"The pistol is the devil's right hand"

Chorus:
A augmentedA
The devil's right hand
  E MajorE    A augmentedA   E MajorE
The devil's right hand
BB
Mama said, "The pistol
    E MajorE
Is the devil's right hand"

Link:
E MajorE BB E MajorE

Verse 2:
E MajorE
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

Shoot as fast as lightning but she
BB
loads a mite slow

Loads a mite slow and soon I found out

It can get you into trouble but it
E MajorE
can't get you out
  E MajorE
So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45
             BB
Called a Peacemaker but I never knew why

Never knew why, I didn't understand
               E MajorE
Mama said, "The pistol is the devil's right hand"

Chorus:
A augmentedA
The devil's right hand
  E MajorE    A augmentedA   E MajorE
The devil's right hand
BB
Mama said, "The pistol
    E MajorE
Is the devil's right hand"
A augmentedA
The devil's right hand
  E MajorE    A augmentedA   E MajorE
The devil's right hand
BB
Mama said, "The pistol
    E MajorE
Is the devil's right hand"

Bridge:
    F#F#
Well I get into a card game in a company town
              C#C#
Caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down

Shot the dog down, I watched the man fall
                 F#F#
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
  F#F#
My trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
               C#C#
Asked me how I pleaded, "Not guilty" I said

"Not guilty", I said, you've got the wrong man

Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

Chorus:
  BB
The devil's right hand
  F#F#   BB   F#F#
The devil's right hand
C#C#
Nothin' touched the trigger
    F#F#
But the devil's right hand"

  F#F#
The devil's right hand
  F#F#   BB   F#F#
The devil's right hand
C#C#
Mama said, "The pistol
    F#F#
Is the devil's right hand"

Link:
F#F#

Outro:
  C#C#
My Mama said, "The pistol
    F#F#
Is the devil's right hand"

F#F# C#C# F#F#