The Devil's Right Hand

Verse 1:(Johnny Cash) About the time that daddy left to fight the big war I saw my first pistol in the general store. In the general store, when i was thirteen, Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen. Verse 2:(Willie Nelson) So I asked if i could have one some day when I grew up . Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up. She really blew up and I didn't understand. Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. (All together) The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand, Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. Verse 3:(Kris Kristofferson) My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt, Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a'mighty slow, Loads a'mighty slow and soon I found out It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out. Verse 4:(Waylon Jennings) So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45, Called a peacemaker but I never knew why, Never knew why, I didn't understand 'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. REFRÃO(x2) E --------------------------------------------------------------- A --------------------------------------------------------------- D --------------------------------------------------------------- G --------------------------------------------------------------- B ---10---9----7-5-7-----10---9----7-5-2-0----------------------- e --------------------------------------------------------------- Break : Verse 5:(a tone higher) Well I got into a card game in a company town, a miner cheating, I shot the dog down, Shot the dog down, watched the man fall, Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw. The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed, 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." Refrão bis:(a tone higher) The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand, Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. Refrão bis. Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand.