Standard (EADGBE)

Well about the time my daddy left to fight the big war

Saw my first pistol in the general store

In the general store when I was thirteen

Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

I asked if I could have one when I grew up

Mama dropped a dozen eggs and she really blew up

She really blew up and I didn't understand

Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand

Chorus

She really blew up and I didn't understand

Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand

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 'n' ball Colt

Shoots as fast as lightning but it loads a might slow

It loads a might slow and I soon found out

It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out

Then I went and bought myself a Colt .45

Called a "Peacemaker" but I didn't know why

I never knew why and I didn't understand

'Cause Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand

Chorus

I never knew why and I didn't understand

Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand

The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand

Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand

I got into a card game in a company town

Caught a minor cheatin' and I shot the dog down

Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall

Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw

The Trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed

Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said

Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man

Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand

Chorus

Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man

Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand

The Devil'sright hand, the Devil's right hand

Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand