Big Iron
Marty RobbinsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
big iron on his hip
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more
One and nineteen more
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
After Texas Red
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
About to meet his death
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their
play
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
Big iron Big iron
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
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Readable chord sheet for Big Iron by Marty Robbins
[Am] [Em] [Am] To the t[C]own of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine d[Am]ay Hardly s[C]poke to folks around him didn't have too much to s[Am]ay No one d[F]ared to ask his business no one d[C]ared to make a slip for the stranger there amongst them had a b[Am]ig iron on his hip B[F]ig iron on his h[C]ip It was e[C]arly in the morning when he rode into the t[Am]own He came r[C]iding from the south side slowly lookin' all a[Am]round He's an o[F]utlaw loose and running came the w[C]hisper from each lip And he's here to do some business with the b[Am]ig iron on his hip b[F]ig iron on his h[C]ip In this t[C]own there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas R[Am]ed Many m[C]en had tried to take him and that many men were d[Am]ead He was v[F]icious and a killer though a y[C]outh of twenty four And the notches on his pistol numbered o[Am]ne an nineteen more O[F]ne and nineteen m[C]ore Now the s[C]tranger started talking made it plain to folks a[Am]round Was an A[C]rizona ranger wouldn't be too long in t[Am]own He came h[F]ere to take an outlaw back a[C]live or maybe dead And he said it didn't matter he was a[Am]fter Texas Red A[F]fter Texas R[C]ed Wasn't lo[C]ng before the story was relayed to Texas Re[Am]d But the o[C]utlaw didn't worry men that tried before were d[Am]ead Twenty m[F]en had tried to take twenty m[C]en had made a slip Twenty one would be the ranger with the b[Am]ig iron on his hip B[F]ig iron on his h[C]ip The m[C]orning passed so quickly it was time for them to m[Am]eet It was t[C]wenty past eleven when they walked out in the s[Am]treet Folks were w[F]atching from their windows every-b[C]ody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was a[Am]bout to meet his death A[F]bout to meet his d[C]eath There was f[C]orty feet between them when they stopped to make their p[Am]lay And the s[C]wiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-d[Am]ay Texas R[F]ed had not cleared leather when a b[C]ullet fairly ripped And the rangers aim was deadly with the b[Am]ig iron on his hip B[F]ig iron on his h[C]ip It was o[C]ver in a moment and the folks had gathered r[Am]ound There b[C]efore them lay the body of the outlaw on the g[Am]round Oh he m[F]ight have gone on living but he m[C]ade one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with the b[Am]ig iron on his hip B[F]ig iron on his h[C]ip Big iron Big iron When he t[C]ried to match the ranger with the b[Am]ig iron on his hip Ray From Sussex England