The Devil's Right Hand
The Devil's Right Hand

The Devil's Right Hand chords by The Highwaymen

1995•Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • E

  • B

    2

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • E

  • B

    2
    • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    A
    bout 
    the 
    time 
    my 
    daddy 
    left 

    to 
    fight 
    the 
    big 
    war 

    Saw 
    my 
    first 
    pistol 

    in 
    the 
    general 
    store 

    The 
    general 
    store, 

    when 
    I 
    was 
    thirteen 

    Thought 
    it 
    was 
    the 
    finest 
    thing 

    I 
    ev
    er 
    had 
    seen 

    Verse 2
    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 
    dev
    il's 
    right 
    hand 

    Chorus 1
    The 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand, 

    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    Mama 
    said 
    the 
    pistol 

    is 
    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 3
    My 
    very 
    first 
    pistol 

    was 
    a 
    cap 
    and 
    ball 
    Colt 

    Shoots 
    like 
    lightning 

    but 
    it 
    loads 
    a 
    mite 
    slow 

    Loads 
    a 
    mite 
    slow 

    and 
    I 
    soon 
    found 
    out 

    It 
    can 
    get 
    you 
    into 
    trouble 

    but 
    it 
    can't 
    get 
    you 
    out 

    Verse 4
    So 
    then 
    I 
    went 
    and 
    bought 
    myself 

    a 
    Colt 
    forty- 
    five 

    Called 
    a 
    "peace
    maker," 

    but 
    I 
    never 
    knew 
    why 

    I 
    never 
    knew 
    why, 

    I 
    didn't 
    understand 

    Mama 
    said 
    the 
    pistol 

    is 
    the 
    dev
    il's 
    right 
    hand 

    Chorus 2
    The 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand, 

    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    Mama 
    said 
    the 
    pistol 

    is 
    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    The 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand, 

    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    Mama 
    said 
    the 
    pistol 

    is 
    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    Solo 1





    Verse 5
    I 
    got 
    into 
    a 
    card 
    game 

    in 
    a 
    Cumberland 
    town 

    Caught 
    a 
    miner 
    cheating 

    and 
    I 
    shot 
    the 
    dog 
    down 

    Shot 
    the 
    dog 
    down, 

    watched 
    the 
    man 
    fall 

    Never 
    touched 
    his 
    holster 

    never 
    had 
    a 
    chance 
    to 
    draw 

    Verse 6
    The 
    trial 
    was 
    in 
    the 
    morning 

    and 
    they 
    drug 
    me 
    outta 
    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" 

    Chorus 3
    The 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand, 

    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    Nothing 
    touched 
    the 
    trigger 

    but 
    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    The 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand, 

    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    Nothing 
    touched 
    the 
    trigger 

    but 
    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 


    Mama 
    said 
    the 
    pistol 

    is 
    the 
    devil's 
    right 
    hand 

    Outro 1


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