Steve Earle

Early Tracks - chords

Last updated: 7 June 1996

Songs:

Devil's Right Hand   (Steve Earle)

Devil's Right Hand
(Steve Earle)

I believe it's in E, so capo it way the hell up there at the ninth fret. The real version's a little more complex than this. This is just how I play it.

Gsus4   G       G2(?)   Asus4   A       A2(?)
--oo--  --ooo-  --o-o-  -o---o  -o---o  -o--o-
||||1|  ||||||  ||||||  ||||||  ||||||  ||||||
|2||||  |2||||  |2|1||  ||11||  ||111|  ||12||
3||||4  3||||4  3||||4  ||||2|  ||||||  ||||||


INTRO

Gsus4  G  G2  G  Gsus4  G  G2  G

 Gsus4                    G       G2            G
About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war
  Gsus4           G          D
I saw my first pistol in the general store
       D                   D
In the general store, when I was thirteen
D                                 G
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
     Gsus4                 G           G2          G
So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
Gsus4                G         D
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
    D                    D
She really blew up and I didn't understand
D                           G
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

C                           G
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
D                           G
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand


Gsus4  G  G2  G  Gsus4  G  G2  G


   Gsus4             G     G2           G
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
Gsus4                      G       D
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she loads a mite slow
D                       D
Loads a mite slow and I soon found out
       D                           G
It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out
   Gsus4                    G      G2    G
So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45
Gsus4               G     D
Called a peacemaker but I never knew why
D                 D
Never knew why, I didn't understand
      D                           G
Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

C                           G
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
D                           G
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
C                           G
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
D                           G
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand


Gsus4  G  G2  G  Gsus4  G  G2  G  A...

       Asus4                A    A2      A
Well I got into a card game in a company town
Asus4               A      E
Caught a miner cheatin', I shot the dog down
E                  E
Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
E                                A
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
Asus4                        A        A2             A
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
Asus4                   A   E
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
    E                     E
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
E                                   A
Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

D                           A
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
E                           A
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

etc...

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