Big Iron

Big Iron easy guitar chords by Marty Robbins

1959Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 4

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    To 
    the 
    town 
    of 
    Agua 
    Fria 

    rode 
    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 
    slip 

    The 
    stranger 
    there 
    among 
    them 

    had 
    big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip 

    Big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip 

    Verse 2
    It 
    was 
    early 
    in 
    the 
    morning 

    when 
    he 
    rode 
    into 
    the 
    town 

    He 
    came 
    riding 
    from 
    the 
    south 
    side, 

    slowly 
    lookin' 
    all 
    a
    round 

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

    came 
    the 
    whisper 
    from 
    each 
    lip 

    "And 
    he's 
    here 
    to 
    do 
    some 
    business 

    with 
    big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip" 

    "Big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip" 

    Verse 3
    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 
    killer, 

    though 
    youth 
    of 
    twenty 
    four 

    And 
    the 
    notches 
    on 
    his 
    pistol 
    numbered 

    one 
    and 
    nineteen 
    more 

    One 
    and 
    nineteen 
    more 

    Verse 4
    Now 
    the 
    stranger 
    started 
    talkin' 

    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 
    a
    live 
    or 
    maybe 
    dead 

    And 
    he 
    said 
    it 
    didn't 
    matter 

    he 
    was 
    after 
    Texas 
    Red 

    After 
    Texas 
    Red 

    Verse 5
    Wasn't 
    long 
    before 
    this 
    story 
    was 

    re
    layed 
    to 
    Texas 
    Red 

    But 
    the 
    outlaw 
    didn't 
    worry, 

    men 
    that 
    tried 
    before 
    were 
    dead 

    Twenty 
    men 
    had 
    tried 
    to 
    take 
    him, 

    twenty 
    men 
    had 
    made 
    slip 

    Twenty 
    one 
    would 
    be 
    the 
    ranger 

    with 
    the 
    big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip 

    Big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip 

    Verse 6
    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 
    watchin' 
    from 
    the 
    windows 

    Every 
    body 
    held 
    their 
    breath 

    They 
    knew 
    this 
    handsome 
    ranger 
    was 

    a
    bout 
    to 
    meet 
    his 
    death 

    A
    bout 
    to 
    meet 
    his 
    death 

    Verse 7
    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 

    for 
    bullet 
    fairly 
    ripped 

    And 
    the 
    ranger's 
    aim 
    was 
    deadly, 

    with 
    the 
    big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip 

    Big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip 

    Verse 8
    It 
    was 
    over 
    in 
    moment 

    and 
    the 
    folks 
    had 
    gathered 
    'round 

    There 
    be
    fore 
    them 
    lay 
    the 
    body 

    of 
    the 
    outlaw 
    on 
    the 
    ground 

    Oh, 
    he 
    might 
    have 
    went 
    on 
    livin' 

    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 

    Big 
    iron 
    on 
    his 
    hip 


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