#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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 E B I saw my first pistol in the general store B In the general store, I was thirteen B E I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen E Asked if I could have it someday when I grew up B Mama dropped a dozen eggs and really blew up B She really blew up, I didn't understand B E Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand CHORUS: A The devil's right hand E A E The devil's right hand B E Mama said the pistol is the devil'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: F# Well I got into a card game in a company town F# C# Caught a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog down C# I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall C# F# Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw F# The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed F# C# They asked me how i pleaded, not guilty I said C# Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man C# F# Nothin touched the trigger but the devils right hand CHORUS: