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
