Big Iron chords by
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins

1959Country13.2K views
4.9 (69)
Key: C# minor
Intro 1
Am
Am

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Am

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E
E

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Am
Am

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Verse 1
C
C

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To the town of Agua Fria
Am
Am

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rode a stranger one fine day
C
C

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Hardly spoke to folks around him,
Am
Am

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didn't have too much to say
F
F

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No one dared to ask his business,
C
C

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no one dared to make a slip
The stranger there among them
Am
Am

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had a big iron on his hip
F
F

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C
C

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Big iron on his hip
Verse 2
C
C

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It was early in the morning
Am
Am

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when he rode into the town
C
C

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He came riding from the south side,
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Am

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slowly lookin' all around
F
F

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"He's an outlaw loose and runnin'",
C
C

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came the whisper from each lip
"And he's here to do some business
Am
Am

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with a big iron on his hip"
F
F

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C
C

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"Big iron on his hip"
Verse 3
C
C

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In this town there lived an outlaw
Am
Am

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by the name of Texas Red
C
C

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Many men had tried to take him
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Am

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and that many men were dead
F
F

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He was vicious and a killer,
C
C

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though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol numbered
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Am

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one and nineteen more
F
F

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C
C

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One and nineteen more
Verse 4
C
C

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Now the stranger started talkin'
Am
Am

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made it plain to folks around
C
C

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Was an Arizona ranger,
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Am

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wouldn't be too long in town
F
F

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He came here to take an outlaw
C
C

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back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter
Am
Am

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he was after Texas Red
F
F

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C
C

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After Texas Red
Verse 5
C
C

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Wasn't long before this story was
Am
Am

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relayed to Texas Red
C
C

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But the outlaw didn't worry,
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Am

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men that tried before were dead
F
F

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Twenty men had tried to take him,
C
C

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twenty men had made a slip
Twenty one would be the ranger
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with the big iron on his hip
F
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C
C

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Big iron on his hip
Verse 6
C
C

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The morning passed so quickly
Am
Am

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it was time for them to meet
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C

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It was twenty past eleven
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when they walked out in the street
F
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Folks were watchin' from the windows
C
C

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Every body held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger was
Am
Am

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about to meet his death
F
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C
C

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About to meet his death
Verse 7
C
C

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There was forty feet between them
Am
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When they stopped to make their play
C
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And the swiftness of the Ranger
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is still talked about today
F
F

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Texas Red had not cleared leather
C
C

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for a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly,
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with the big iron on his hip
F
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C
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Big iron on his hip
Verse 8
C
C

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It was over in a moment
Am
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and the folks had gathered 'round
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C

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There before them lay the body
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of the outlaw on the ground
F
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Oh, he might have went on livin'
C
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but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger
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with the big iron on his hip
F
F

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C
C

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Big iron on his hip
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F

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C
C

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Big iron, big iron
C
C

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When he tried to match the ranger
Am
Am

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with the big iron on his hip
F
F

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C
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Big iron on his hip
Am
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Am
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Am
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