THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND 
The Highwaymen

             Waylon Jennings
             Kris Kristofferson
             Willie Nelson
             Johnny Cash

written by Steve Earle

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


Chorus:(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


Chorus.(x2)


      E ---------------------------------------------------------------
      A ---------------------------------------------------------------
      D ---------------------------------------------------------------
      G ---------------------------------------------------------------
      B ---10---9----7-5-7-----10---9----7-5-2-0-----------------------
      e ---------------------------------------------------------------


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


Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
              B                     F#   
        The devil's right hand,the devils's right hand
              C#                      F#
        Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand


Chorus bis.

              C#                       F#
        Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand


source: Perret Charles-Amir 

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