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|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---10---9----7-5-7-----10---9----7-5-2-0-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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