Tom: C (intro) C C F C 1. Well, about the time my Daddy left to fight the big war, G C saw my first pistol in the general store. F C In the general store, when I was thirteen, G C thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen. C F C 2. l asked if I could have one when I grew up, G C Mama dropped a dozen eggs, and she really blew up. F C She really blew up and I didn't understand, G C Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. F C She really blew up and I didn't understand, G C Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. F C The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand, G C Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. C F C 3. My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt, G C shoot as fast as lightning but it loads a mite slow. F C It loads a mite slow and I soon found out, G C it can get you into trouble but it can't get you out. C F C 4. Then I went and bought myself a Colt 45, G C called a peacemaker but I didn’t know why. F C I never knew why, and I didn't understand, G C 'cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. F C I never knew why, I didn't understand, G C Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. F C The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand, G C Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. C F C 5. I got into a card game in a company town, G C caught a miner cheating and I shot the dog down. F C Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall, G C never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw. C F C 6. The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed, G C asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said. F C Not guilty, I said, you've got the wrong man, G C nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand. F C Not guilty, I said, you've got the wrong man, G C nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand. F C the devil's right hand, the devil's right hand, G C nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand.