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About the time that daddy left to fight the big war
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I saw my first pistol in the general store
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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So i asked if i could have one some day when i grew up
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Mama dropped a dozen eggs,she really blew up
She really blew up and i didnʼt understand
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Mama said the pistol is the devilʼs right hand
Chorus:
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The devilʼs right hand,the devilʼs right hand
C# F#
Mama said the pistol is the devilʼs right hand
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My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt
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Shoots as fast as lightinʼ but it loads a mighty slow
Loads a mighty slow and soon i found out
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It can get you into trouble but it canʼt get you out
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So then i went and bought myself a colt 45
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Called a peacemaker but i never knew why
Never knew why,i didnʼt understand
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ʼCause Mama said the pistol is the devilʼs right hand
Chorus. x2
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Well i got into a card game in a company town
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Caught a miner cheating i shot the dog down
Shot the dog down,watched the man fall
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Never touched his holster never had a chance to draw
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
Not guilty i said,youʼve got the wrong man
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Nothing touched the trigger but the devilʼs right hand
Chorus:
C# G#
The devilʼs right hand,the devilsʼs right hand
D# G#
Mama said the pistol is the devilʼs right hand
D# G#
Mama said the pistol is the devilʼs right hand
