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
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 him, 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 today
A E
Texas Red had not cleared leather for 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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