Big Iron chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: C major

Intro 1

Am

F

C

C

C

C

Verse 1
C C 
 
To the town of Agua Fría
Am Am 
 
rode a stranger one fine day
C C 
 
Hardly spoke to folks around him
Am Am 
 
didn't have too much to say
F F 
 
No one dared to ask his business,
C C 
 
no one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them
Am Am 
 
had a big iron on his hip
F F 
 
C C 
 
Big iron on his hip

Verse 2
C C 
 
It was early in the morning
Am Am 
 
when he rode into the town
C C 
 
He came riding from the south side
Am Am 
 
slowly lookin' all around
F F 
 
He's an outlaw loose and running,
C C 
 
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business
Am Am 
 
with the big iron on his hip
F F 
 
C C 
 
Big iron on his hip

Verse 3
C C 
 
In this town there lived an outlaw
Am Am 
 
by the name of Texas Red
C C 
 
Many men had tried to take him
Am Am 
 
and that many men were dead
F F 
 
He was vicious and a killer
C C 
 
though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol
Am Am 
 
numbered one an nineteen more
F F 
 
C C 
 
One and nineteen more

Verse 4
C C 
 
Now the stranger started talking,
Am Am 
 
made it plain to folks around
C C 
 
He was an Arizona ranger,
Am Am 
 
wouldn't be too long in town
F F 
 
He came here to take an outlaw
C C 
 
back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter,
Am Am 
 
he was after Texas Red
F F 
 
C C 
 
After Texas Red

Verse 5
C C 
 
The morning passed so quickly
Am Am 
 
it was time for them to meet
C C 
 
It was twenty past eleven
Am Am 
 
when they walked out in the street
F F 
 
Folks were watching from their windows,
C C 
 
everybody held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger
Am Am 
 
was about to meet his death
F F 
 
C C 
 
Was about to meet his death

Verse 6
C C 
 
There was forty feet between them
Am Am 
 
when they stopped to make their play
C C 
 
And the swiftness of the ranger
Am Am 
 
is still talked about today
F F 
 
Texas Red had not cleared leather
C C 
 
when a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly
Am Am 
 
with the big iron on his hip
F F 
 
C C 
 
The big iron on his hip

Outro 1

F

C

Big i- ron, big i- ron

When he tried to match the ranger

Am

with the big iron on his hip

F

C

The big iron on his hip

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