The Devils Right Hand Chords & Lyrics - The Highwaymen

[C]About the time my daddy left to fight the big war

I saw my first pistol in the [G7]general store

In the general store when I was thirteen

Thought it was the finest thing I [C]ever had seen


So I asked if I could have one someday when I grew up

Momma dropped a dozen eggs she [G7]really blew up


She really blew up and I didn't understand

Momma said the pistol is the [C]devil's right hand


The [F]devil's right hand the [C]devil's right hand

[G7]Momma said the pistol is the [C]devil's right hand

My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt

Shoots as fast as lightin' but it [G7]loads a might slow


Loads a might slow and soon I found out

It can get you into trouble but it [C]can't get you out


So then I went and bought myself a colt 45

Called a peacemaker but I [G7]never knew why


Never knew why I didn't understand

Cause momma said the pistol is the [C]devil's right hand


The [F]devil's right hand the [C]devil's right hand

[G7]Momma said the pistol is the [C]devil's right hand

The [F]devil's right hand the [C]devil's right hand

[G7]Momma said the pistol is the [C]devil's right hand

Well I got into a card game in a company town

Caught a miner cheating I [G7]shot the dog down


Shot the dog down watched the man fall

Never touched his holster never [C]had a chance to draw


The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed

Asked me how I pleaded not [G7]guilty I said


Not guilty I said you've got the wrong man

Nothing touched the trigger but the [C]devil's right hand


The [F]devil's right hand the [C]devil's right hand

[G7]Nothing touched the trigger but the devi[C]l's right hand

The [F]devil's right hand the [C]devil's right hand

[G7]Nothing touched the trigger but the devi[C]l's right hand

[G7]Momma says the pistol is the [C]devil's right hand