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

written by Steve Earle

performed by Waylon Jennings
	     Kris Kristofferson
             Willie Nelson
             Johnny Cash


Verse 1:(Johnny Cash)
            E (022100@1)About the time that daddy left to fight the big war
                                              B (x2444x@1)I saw my first pistol in the general store

	In the general store,when i was thirteen
                                                    E (022100@1)Thought it was the finest thing i ever had seen


Verse 2:(Willie Nelson)
           E (022100@1)So i asked if i could have one some day when i grew up
                                                 B (x2444x@1)Mama dropped adozen (x02210@1)eggs,she really blew up

	She really blew up and i didn't understand
                                                   E (022100@1)Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand


Chorus:(All together)
                A (x02220@1)                 E (022100@1)The devil's right hand,the devil's right hand
             B (x2444x@1)                      E (022100@1)Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand


Verse 3:(Kris Kristofferson)
            E (022100@1)My very first pistol was acap (x02210@1)and ball colt
                                                         B (x2444x@1)Shoots as fast as lightin' but it loads amighty (x02210@1)slow

	Loads amighty (x02210@1)slow and soon i found out
                                                        E (022100@1)It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out


Verse 4:(Waylon Jennings)
            E (022100@1)So then i went and bought myself acolt (x02210@1)45
                                             B (x2444x@1)Called apeacemaker (x02210@1)but i never knew why

	Never knew why,i didn't understand
                                                          E (022100@1)'Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand


Chorus.(x2)


      E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
      A ---------------------------------------------------------------|
      D ---------------------------------------------------------------|
      G ---------------------------------------------------------------|
      B ---10---9----7-5-7-----10---9----7-5-2-0-----------------------|
      e ---------------------------------------------------------------|


Break : F#


Verse 5:(a tone higher)
           F# (244322@1)Well i got into acard (x02210@1)game in acompany (x02210@1)town
                                                C# (x43121@1)Caught aminer (x02210@1)cheating i shot the dog down

	Shot the dog down,watched the man fall
                                                         F# (244322@1)Never touched his holster never had achance (x02210@1)to draw

	The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
                                             C# (x43121@1)Asked me how i pleaded,not guilty i said

	Not guilty i said,you've got the wrong man
                                                           F# (244322@1)Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand


Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
              B (x2444x@1)                   F# (244322@1)The devil's right hand,the devils's right hand
              C# (x43121@1)                    F# (244322@1)Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand


Chorus bis.

              C# (x43121@1)                     F# (244322@1)Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr