The Devil's Right Hand

	  		Verse 1:(Johnny Cash)  
            E  
	About the time that daddy left to fight the big war  
                                              B  
	I saw my first pistol in the general store. 
  
	In the general store, when i was thirteen,  
                                                    E  
	Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen.  
  
  
Verse 2:(Willie Nelson)  
           E  
	So I asked if i could have one some day when I grew up . 
                                                 B  
	Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up.  
  
	She really blew up and I didn't understand.  
                                                   E  
	Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. 
  
        (All together)  
                A                   E  
	The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand, 
             B                        E  
	Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. 
 
 
Verse 3:(Kris Kristofferson)  
            E  
	My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt,  
                                                         B   
	Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a'mighty slow,  
  
	Loads a'mighty slow and soon I found out  
                                                        E    
	It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out.  
  
  
Verse 4:(Waylon Jennings)  
            E  
	So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45,  
                                             B  
	Called a peacemaker but I never knew why,  
  
	Never knew why, I didn't understand  
                                                          E   
	'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand.  
  
  
REFRÃO(x2)  
  
  
  
  
  
Break : F#   
  
  
Verse 5:(a tone higher)  
           F#    
	Well I got into a card game in a company town,  
                                                C#  
	Caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down,  
   
	Shot the dog down, watched the man fall,  
                                                         F#  
	Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw. 
  
	The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed,  
                                             C#  
	Asked me how I pleaded, "Not guilty," I said.  
  
	"Not guilty," I said, "you've got the wrong man.  
                                                           F#  
	Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand." 
  
Refrão bis:(a tone higher)   
                A                   E  
	The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand,  
             B                        E  
	Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. 
 
Refrão bis.  
  
              C#                       F#  
	Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand.