Johnny CashDevils Right Hand
 



DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND
               JOHNNY CASH

NOTE: USE POWER CHORDS (CAN USE BARRE CHORDS AS WELL)

INTRO:
     C    C             C    C    F         C    C               C    C
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------(10)p-8---------------------------------------
G ----------------------------10-p-8---------------------------------------
D --10--10------------10--10--10-p-8---10--10-------------10--10-----------
A --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-------------10--10-----------
E --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8------------8---8--11-8-11-8---8---8--11-8-11-8-


VERSES:
     C    C               F     F-PM  C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(10)-(10)-------
G ----------------------10---10--------
D --10--10--------------10---------10--
A --10--10-------------(-8)-(-8)---10--
E --8---8---11-8-11-8--------------8---

     C    C               G    G-PM  C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(12)-(12)-------
G ----------------------12---12--------
D --10--10--------------12---12---10---
A --10--10-------------(10)-(10)--10---
E --8---8---11-8-11-8-------------8----

     C    C               F     F-PM  C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(10)-(10)-------
G ----------------------10---10--------
D --10--10--------------10---------10--
A --10--10-------------(-8)-(-8)---10--
E --8---8---11-8-11-8--------------8---


     C    C               G    G-PM  C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(12)-(12)-------
G ----------------------12---12--------
D --10--10--------------12---12---10---
A --10--10-------------(10)-(10)--10---
E --8---8---11-8-11-8-------------8----
  
           OR

ALTERNATIVE WAY TO PLAY - PATTERN FOR VERSES
   USE Palm Muting: (Something like this)

     C    C   PM----- C    F   F-PM  C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(10)-(10)-------
G ----------------------10---10--------
D --10--10--10--10--10--10---10---10---
A --10--10--10--10--10-(-8)--(8)--10---
E --8---8---8---8---8-------------8----


     C    C   PM----- C    G    G-PM  C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(12)-(12)-------
G ----------------------12---12--------
D --10--10--10--10--10--12---12---10---
A --10--10--10--10--10-(10)-(10)--10---
E --8---8---8---8---8-------------8----

     C    C   PM----- C    F   F-PM  C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(10)-(10)-------
G ----------------------10---10--------
D --10--10--10--10--10--10---10---10---
A --10--10--10--10--10-(-8)--(8)--10---
E --8---8---8---8---8-------------8----


     C    C   PM----- C    G    G-PM  C
E -------------------------------------
B ---------------------(12)-(12)-------
G ----------------------12---12--------
D --10--10--10--10--10--12---12---10---
A --10--10--10--10--10-(10)-(10)--10---
E --8---8---8---8---8-------------8----


VERSE:
       C                               F              C
Well about the time my daddy left to fight the big war
                    G         C
Saw my first pistol in the general store
                  F           C
In the general store when I was thirteen
                          G          C
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen


VERSE:
  C                           F           C
I asked if I could have one when I grew up
                           G           C
Mama dropped a dozen eggs and she really blew up
                  F             C
She really blew up and I didn't understand
                     G              C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand


CHORUS: - (FOLLOWS SIMILAR PATTERN TO VERSES AS FAR AS Palm Muting, ETC.)

     F                     C
She really blew up and I didn't understand
 G                            C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
     F                        C
The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand
 G                            C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand


BREAK:
     C    C             C    C             C    C             C    C
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------
D --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
A --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
E --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8--11-8-11-8--



VERSE:
   C                         F             C
My very first pistol was a cap 'n' ball Colt
                            G              C
Shoots as fast as lightning but it loads a might slow
                     F           C
It loads a might slow and I soon found out
                            G             C
It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out


VERSE:
 C                                F      C
Then I went and bought myself a Colt .45
                     G            C
Called a "Peacemaker" but I didn't know why
                F             C
I never knew why and I didn't understand
                            G              C
'Cause Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand


CHORUS:

   F                     C
I never knew why and I didn't understand
 G                            C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand
     F                        C
The Devil's right hand, the Devil's right hand
 G                            C
Mama said the pistol is the Devil's right hand


BREAK:
     C    C             C    C             C    C             C    C
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------
D --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
A --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
E --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8--11-8-11-8--


     C    C             C    C
E -------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------
D --10--10------------10--10-----------
A --10--10------------10--10-----------
E --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--



VERSE:
   C                          F        C
I got into a card game in a company town
                       G             C
Caught a minor cheatin' and I shot the dog down
            F                C
Shot the dog down, watched the dog fall
                          G                C
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw


VERSE:
     C                                  F               C
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
                     G         C
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
                   F             C
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
                             G              C
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand


CHORUS:

     F                      C
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
 G                                    C
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand
     F                       C
The Devil'sright hand, the Devil's right hand
 G                                    C
Nothin' touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand


OUTRO:
     C    C             C    C             C    C             C    C
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------
D --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
A --10--10------------10--10-----------10--10-----------10--10------------
E --8---8--11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8-11-8-11-8--8---8--11-8-11-8--


     C    C   C
E ----------8----
B ----------8----
G ----------9----
D --10--10--10---
A --10--10--10---
E --8---8---8----