Song: Big Iron
Artist: Marty Robbins
Standard Tuning: EADGBE
Chords used:
C#m G# E A
e|-4-|-4-|-0-|-0-|
b|-5-|-4-|-0-|-2-|
g|-6-|-5-|-1-|-2-|
d|-6-|-6-|-2-|-2-|
a|-4-|-6-|-2-|-0-|
e|---|-4-|-0-|---|
Intro
C#m...G#...C#m
|E |C#m
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
|E |C#m
Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say
|A |E
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
|C#m
for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip
|A |E
Big iron on his hip
|E |C#m
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
|E |C#m
He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
|A |E
He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
|C#m
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
|A |E
big iron on his hip
|E |C#m
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
|E |C#m
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
|A |E
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four
|C#m
And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more
|A |E
One and nineteen more
|E |C#m
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
|E |C#m
Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town
|A |E
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
|C#m
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
|A |E
After Texas Red
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|E |C#m
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
|E |C#m
But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
|A |E
Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
|C#m
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
|A |E
Big iron on his hip
|E |C#m
The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
|E |C#m
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
|A |E
Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath
|C#m
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
|A |E
About to meet his death
|E
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their
|C#m
play
|E |C#m
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day
|A |E
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
|C#m
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
|A |E
Big iron on his hip
|E |C#m
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
|E |C#m
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
|A |E
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
|C#m
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
|A |E
Big iron on his hip
|C#m |?
Big iron Big iron
|E |C#m
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
|A |E
Big iron on his hip
Outro: (strumming pattern not shown)
C#m
E|-4-0-|
b|-5-5-|
g|-6-6-|
d|-6-6-| X6
A|-4-4-|
e|-----|
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