Big Iron chords by
Johnny Loughrey

N/A

Key: D major

Verse 1
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To the town of Alefria,
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rode a stranger one fine day
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Hardly spoke to folks around him,
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didn't have too much to say
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No one dared to ask his business,
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no one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them
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had a big iron on his head,
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a big iron on his head
It was early in the morning
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when he rode into the town
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He came riding from the south side
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slowly looking all around
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He's an outlaw that's been running
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came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business
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with the big iron on his feet,
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the big iron on his feet
In this town there lived an outlaw
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by the name of Texas Red
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Many men had tried to take him
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and that many men were dead
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He was vicious and a killer, but alive 24
And the notches on his pistol numbered
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1   and 19 more
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D D 
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1  and 19 more
Then the strangers started talking,
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made it clear to folks around
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He was an Arizona ranger,
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wouldn't be too long in town
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He came here to take an outlaw,
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back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter,
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he was after Texas red,
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D D 
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after Texas red
There was 40 feet between them
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when they stopped to make their play
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And the swiftness of the ranger
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is still talked about today
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Texas Red did not fear leather
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when a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly,
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with the big iron on his hip
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D D 
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The big iron on his hip
It was over in a moment,
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and the folks they gathered round
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There before them lay the body
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of the outlaw on the ground
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He might have gone on living,
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but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
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With a big iron on his head
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D D 
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A big iron on his head
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D D 
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Big iron, big iron
When he tried to match the Ranger
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With a big iron on his head
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D D 
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A big iron on his head
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D D 
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Yippee -aye -ay, yippee -aye -oh
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with the big iron on his hip
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D D 
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The big iron on his hip
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D D 
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The big iron on his hip
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D D 
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The big iron on his hip
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D D 
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The big iron on his skin.

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