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Well about the time my daddy left to fight the big war
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Saw my first pistol in the general store
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In the general store when I was thirteen
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Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
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I asked if I could have one when I grew up
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Mama dropped a dozen eggs and she really blew up
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She really blew up and I didn't understand
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Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
CHORUS:
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She really blew up and I didn't understand
G C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
F C
The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand
G C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
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My very first pistol was a cap 'n' ball Colt
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Shoots as fast as lightning but it loads a might slow
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It loads a might slow and I soon found out
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It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out
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Then I went and bought myself a Colt .45
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Called a "Peacemaker" but I didn't know why
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I never knew why and I didn't understand
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'Cause Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
CHORUS:
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I never knew why and I didn't understand
G C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
F C
The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand
G C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
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I got into a card game in a company town
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Caught a minor cheatin' and I shot the dog down
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Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall
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Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
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The Trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
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Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
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Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
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Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand
CHORUS:
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Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
G C
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand
F C
The Devil'sright hand, the Devil's right hand
G C
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand
