Verse 1:(Johnny Cash) 
            E 
      About the time that daddy left to fight the big war 
                                              B 
      I saw my first pistol in the general store 
 
      In the general store,when i was thirteen 
                                                    E 
      Thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen 
 
Verse 2:(Willie Nelson) 
           E 
      So i asked if i could have one some day when i grew up 
                                                 B 
      Mama dropped a dozen eggs,she really blew up 
 
      She really blew up and i didn't understand 
                                                   E 
      Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand 
 
Chorus:(All together) 
                A                   E 
      The devil's right hand,the devil's right hand 
             B                        E 
      Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand 

Verse 3:(Kris Kristofferson) 
            E 
      My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt 
                                                         B  
      Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads a mighty slow 
 
      Loads a mighty slow and soon i found out 
                                                        E   
      It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out 
 
Verse 4:(Waylon Jennings) 
            E 
      So then i went and bought myself a colt 45 
                                             B 
      Called a peacemaker but i never knew why 
 
      Never knew why,i didn't understand 
                                                          E  
      'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand 
 
Chorus.(x2) 
 
      E --------------------------------------------------------------- 
      a --------------------------------------------------------------- 
      d --------------------------------------------------------------- 
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      b ---10---9----7-5-7-----10---9----7-5-2-0----------------------- 
      e --------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
Break : 
F#  
 
 
Verse 5:(a tone higher) 
           F#   
      Well i got into a card game in a company town 
                                                C# 
      Caught a miner cheating i shot the dog down 
  
      Shot the dog down,watched the man fall 
                                                         F# 
      Never touched his holster never had a chance to draw 
 
      The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed 
                                             C# 
      Asked me how i pleaded,not guilty i said 
 
      Not guilty i said,you've got the wrong man 
                                                           F# 
      Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand 
 
Chorus bis:(a tone higher) 
              B                     F#    
      The devil's right hand,the devils's right hand 
              C#                      F# 
      Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand 
 
Chorus bis. 
              C#                       F# 
      Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand