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SONG: The Devil's Right Hand BAND: Steve Earle ALBUM: Copperhead Road (1988) TABBED BY: Ross Guertin (ross_guertin@yahoo.ca) TUNING: EADGBe
E'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war I Esaw my first pistol in the general Bstore In the Bgeneral store, I was thirteen I Bthought it was the finest thing I Eever had seen EAsked if I could have it someday when I grew up Mama dropped a dozen eggs and really blew Bup She Breally blew up, I didn't understand BMama said the pistol is the Edevil's right hand
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The Adevil's right hand The Edevil's Aright Ehand BMama said the pistol is the Edevil's right hand.
My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt. Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she'd load a might slow. Load a might slow. I soon found out it'll Get you into trouble,but it can't get you out. So then I went and bought myself a colt 45. It was called a peace maker, but i never knew why. Never knew why, I didn't understand. Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand. CHORUS:
Well I F#got into a card game in a company town F#Caught a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog C#down I C#shot the dog down, I watched the man fall C#Never touched his holster, never F#had a chance to draw The F#trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed They F#asked me how i pleaded, not guilty I C#said Not C#guilty I said, you got the wrong man C#Nothin touched the trigger but the F#devils right hand
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