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Big Iron chords by
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash

2002Country
4.9 (9)
Intro 1
Am
F

C
C
C
C

Verse 1
C

To the town of Agua Fría
Am

rode a stranger one fine day
C

Hardly spoke to folks around him
Am

didn't have too much to say
F

No one dared to ask his business,
C

no one dared to make a slip

For the stranger there among them
Am

had a big iron on his hip
F
C

Big iron on his hip
Verse 2
C

It was early in the morning
Am

when he rode into the town
C

He came riding from the south side
Am

slowly lookin' all around
F

He's an outlaw loose and running,
C

came the whisper from each lip

And he's here to do some business
Am

with the big iron on his hip
F
C

Big iron on his hip
Verse 3
C

In this town there lived an outlaw
Am

by the name of Texas Red
C

Many men had tried to take him
Am

and that many men were dead
F

He was vicious and a killer
C

though a youth of twenty four

And the notches on his pistol
Am

numbered one an nineteen more
F
C

One and nineteen more
Verse 4
C

Now the stranger started talking,
Am

made it plain to folks around
C

He was an Arizona ranger,
Am

wouldn't be too long in town
F

He came here to take an outlaw
C

back alive or maybe dead

And he said it didn't matter,
Am

he was after Texas Red
F
C

After Texas Red
Verse 5
C

The morning passed so quickly
Am

it was time for them to meet
C

It was twenty past eleven
Am

when they walked out in the street
F

Folks were watching from their windows,
C

everybody held their breath

They knew this handsome ranger
Am

was about to meet his death
F
C

Was about to meet his death
Verse 6
C

There was forty feet between them
Am

when they stopped to make their play
C

And the swiftness of the ranger
Am

is still talked about today
F

Texas Red had not cleared leather
C

when a bullet fairly ripped

And the ranger's aim was deadly
Am

with the big iron on his hip
F
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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