The Devils Right Hand
Bob Seger
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Tom : G
G
'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war
G D
Saw my first pistol in a general store
D
In a general store, when I was thirteen
D G
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
G
So I asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
D
Mama dropped a dozen eggs she really blew up
D
She really blew up, she didn't understand
D G
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand
Chorus:
[Refrão]
C
The devil's right hand
G C G
The devil's right hand
D G
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand.
[Próxima Parte]
G
My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt.
G D
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a might slow.
D
Loads a might slow. And soon I found out it'll
D G
Get you into trouble,but it can't get you out.
G
Bought a year later bought got a colt 45.
G D
Called a peace maker, but I never knew why.
D
I never knew why, I didn't understand.
[Trecho 2x]
D G
Mama said the pistol was the devil's right hand.
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[Próxima Parte]
*Interlude*
G
Got into a card game in a crumbling town
G D
Caught a miner cheating so I shot the dog down
D
Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
D G
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
G
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
G D
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
D
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
D G
Nothing touched the pistol but the devil's right hand
C
The devil's right hand
G C G
The devil's right hand
D G
Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
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