Chords for Johnny Cash - Devil's Right Hand

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_ Well, about the time my daddy [F] left to fight the big [C] war,
Saw my first [G] pistol in the general [C] store, In the general store [F] when I was [C] thirteen,
Thought it was the finest [Gm] thing I ever had [C] seen,
I asked if I could [F] have one when I [C] grew up, Mama dropped a dozen eggs [G] and she really [Cm] blew
up, She really blew [F] up and I didn't [C] understand,
Mama said the pistol [G] is the [C] devil's right hand,
[F] She really blew [C] up and I didn't [G] understand, Mama said the [C] pistol is the devil's right
hand, [F] The devil's right hand, [C] the devil's right
[G] hand, Mama said the pistol [Cm] is the devil's right
[C] hand, _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ My very first pistol [F] was a cap [C] and ball colt,
Shoot as fast as [G] lightning but it loads a mite [C] slow,
It loads a mite slow [F] and I soon [C] found out, It can get you into [G] trouble but it can't [C] get
you out, Then I went and [F] bought myself a colt [C] forty-five,
Called a peacemaker [G] but I didn't [C] know why, I never knew why [F] and I didn't [C] understand,
Cause mama said the pistol [G] is the devil's [C] right hand,
[F] I never knew why, [C] I didn't understand, [G]
Mama said the pistol [C] is the devil's right
hand, [F] The devil's right [C] hand, the devil's right
[G] hand, Mama said [Gm] the pistol [C] is the devil's right
hand, I _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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into a card [F] game in a [C] company town,
Called a minor [G] cheating and I shot the [C] dog down,
Shot the dog [F] down, watched [C] the dog fall, Never touched his [G] holster, never had a chance
[C] to draw, The trial was in the [F] morning and they drug
[C] me out of bed, Asked me how I [Gm] bleeded, not guilty [C] I said,
Not guilty I said, [F] You've got [C] the wrong man,
Nothing touched the [G] trigger but the [C] devil's right [Gm] hand,
Not [F] guilty I [C] said, You've got the wrong [G] man,
Nothing touched the [C] trigger but the devil's right hand,
[F] The devil's right [C] hand, the devil's right [G] hand,
Nothing touched the [Cm] trigger but the devil's [C] right hand.
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