Big Iron - Marty Robbins, guitar chords


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Published: 2022-07-26 17:14
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G Em C



 G
To the town of Agua Fria rode
     Em
a stranger one fine day
        G
Hardly spoke to folks around him
                         Em
didnʼt have too much to say
        C
No one dared to ask his business
           G
no one dared to make a slip

For the stranger there amongst them
       Em
had a big iron on his hip
 C                 G
Big iron on his hip

G
It was early in the morning
         Em
when he rode into the town
         G
He came riding from the south side
                      Em
slowly looking all around
         C
Heʼs an outlaw loose and running
             G
came the whisper from each lip
G
And heʼs here to do some business
               Em
with the big iron on his hip
 C                 G
Big iron on his hip

G
In this town there lived an outlaw
        Em
by the name of Texas Red
      G
Many men had tried to take him
                          Em
and that many men were dead
        C
He was vicious and a killer though
      G
a youth of twenty four
G
And the notches on his pistol
           Em
numbered one an nineteen more
 C                  G
One and nineteen more

G
Now the stranger started talking
          Em
made it plain to folks around
        G                                      Em
Was an Arizona ranger wouldnʼt be too long in town
         C                             G
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
                                     Em
And he said it didnʼt matter he was after Texas Red
 C             G
After Texas Red

                                  Em
Wasnʼt long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
         G                                                Em
But the outlaw didnʼt worry men that tried before were dead
        C                              G
Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
                                         Em
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 C                 G
Big iron on his hip

                                      Em
The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
        G                                                Em
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
            C                                  G
Folks were watching from their windows everybody held their breath
                                    Em
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
 C                   G
About to meet his death

G
There was forty feet between them
             Em
when they stopped to make their play
         G                                               Em
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
       C                                    G
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
                                         Em
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
 C                 G
Big iron on his hip

                                 Em
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
       G                                               Em
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
       C                                  G
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
                                            Em
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 C                 G
Big iron on his hip

     C          G
Big iron Big iron
                                                Em
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 C                 G
Big iron on his hip


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