************* THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND ***************

written by Steve Earle

performed by Waylon Jennings
Kris Kristofferson
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash

Verse 1:(Johnny Cash)
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About the time that daddy left to fight the big war
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I saw my first pistol in the general store

In the general store,when i was thirteen
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Thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen

Verse 2:(Willie Nelson)
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So i asked if i could have one some day when i grew up
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Mama dropped a dozen eggs,she really blew up

She really blew up and i didn't understand
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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

Chorus:(All together)
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The devil's right hand,the devil's right hand
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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

Verse 3:(Kris Kristofferson)
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My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt
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Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a mighty slow

Loads a mighty slow and soon i found out
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It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out

Verse 4:(Waylon Jennings)
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So then i went and bought myself a colt 45
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Called a peacemaker but i never knew why

Never knew why,i didn't understand
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'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

Chorus.(x2)

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Break : F#

Verse 5:(a tone higher)
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Well i got into a card game in a company town
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Caught a miner cheating i shot the dog down

Shot the dog down,watched the man fall
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Never touched his holster never had a chance to draw

The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
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Asked me how i pleaded,not guilty i said

Not guilty i said,you've got the wrong man
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Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

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

Chorus bis.

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Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand