The Devil's Right Hand original guitar chords by 
The Highwaymen 
Key: E major
Intro 1
Esus4
E
Esus2
E
Esus4
E
Esus2
E
Esus4
E
Esus2
E
Esus4
E
Esus2
E
Verse 1
Esus4
E
About the time my daddy left
Esus2
E
to fight the big war
Esus4
E
Saw my first pistol
Esus2
B
in the general store
The general store,
when I was thirteen
Thought it was the finest thing
Verse 2
Esus4
E
I asked if I could have one
Esus2
E
some day when I grew up
Esus4
E
Mama dropped a dozen eggs,
Esus2
B
she really blew up
She really blew up
and I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol
Chorus 1
E
A
E
the devil's right hand
Interlude 1
Esus4
E
Esus2
E
Esus4
E
Esus2
E
Verse 3
Esus4
E
My very first pistol
Esus2
E
was a cap and ball Colt
Esus4
E
Shoots like lightning
Esus2
B
but it loads a mite slow
Loads a mite slow
and I soon found out
It can get you into trouble
Verse 4
Esus4
E
So then I went and bought myself
Esus2
E
a Colt forty- five
Esus4
E
Called a "peacemaker,"
Esus2
B
but I never knew why
I never knew why,
I didn't understand
Mama said the pistol
Chorus 2
E
A
E
the devil's right hand
E
A
E
the devil's right hand
Solo 1
Esus4
E
Esus2
E
Esus4
E
Esus2
B
B
B
B
E
F#
F#
Verse 5
F#sus4
F#
I got into a card game
F#sus2
F#
in a Cumberland town
F#sus4
F#
Caught a miner cheating
F#sus2
C#
and I shot the dog down
Shot the dog down,
watched the man fall
Never touched his holster
Verse 6
F#sus4
F#
The trial was in the morning
F#sus2
F#
and they drug me outta bed
F#sus4
F#
Asked me how I pleaded,
F#sus4
C#
"Not guilty," I said
"Not guilty," I said,
"you've got the wrong man
Nothing touched the trigger
Chorus 3
F#
B
F#
the devil's right hand
F#
B
F#
the devil's right hand
B
F#
B
F#
Outro 1
F#sus4
F#
F#sus2
F#
F#sus4
F#
F#sus2
F#
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