TABBED BY: Ross Guertin TUNING: EADGBe E5 'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war E5 B5 I saw my first pistol in the general store B5 In the general store, I was thirteen B5 E5 I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen E5 Asked if I could have it someday when I grew up B5 Mama dropped a dozen eggs and really blew up B5 She really blew up, I didn't understand B5 E5 Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand CHORUS: A5 The devil's right hand E5 A5 E5 The devil's right hand B5 E5 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#5 Well I got into a card game in a company town F#5 C#5 Caught a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog down C#5 I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall C#5 F#5 Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw F#5 The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed F#5 C#5 They asked me how i pleaded, not guilty I said C#5 Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man C#5 F#5 Nothin touched the trigger but the devils right hand CHORUS: