SONG: The Devil's Right Hand
BAND: Steve Earle
ALBUM: Copperhead Road (1988)
TUNING: EADGBe
'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war
I saw my first pistol in the general store
In the general store, I was thirteen
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
Asked if I could have it someday when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs and really blew up
She really blew up, I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
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The devil's right hand
The devil's right hand
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.
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Well I got into a card game in a company town
Caught a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog down
I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed
They asked me how i pleaded, not guilty I said
Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man
Nothin touched the trigger but the devils right hand
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