Big Iron original guitar chords by
Marty Robbins

1959Country13.1K views

Key: C# minor•

Intro 1

C#m

C#m

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C#m

C#m

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G#

G#

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C#m

C#m

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Verse 1
E E 
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To the town of Agua Fria
C#m C#m 4
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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
A A 
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No one dared to ask his business,
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no one dared to make a slip
The stranger there among them
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had a big   iron on his hip
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E E 
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Big iron on his hip

Verse 2
E E 
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It was early in the morning
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when he rode  into the town
E E 
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He came riding from the south side,
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slowly lookin' all around
A A 
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"He's an outlaw loose and runnin'",
E E 
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came the whisper from each lip
"And he's here to do some business
C#m C#m 4
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with a big   iron on his hip"
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E E 
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"Big iron on his hip"

Verse 3
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In this town there lived an outlaw
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by the name  of Texas Red
E E 
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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,
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though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol numbered
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one   and nineteen more
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E E 
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One and nineteen more

Verse 4
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Now the stranger started talkin'
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made it plain to folks around
E E 
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Was an Arizona ranger,
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wouldn't be too long in town
A A 
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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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E E 
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After Texas Red

Verse 5
E E 
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Wasn't long before this story was
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relayed to Texas Red
E E 
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But the outlaw didn't worry,
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men that tried before were dead
A A 
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Twenty men had tried to take him,
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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
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E E 
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Big iron on his hip

Verse 6
E E 
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The morning passed so quickly
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it was time  for them to meet
E E 
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It was twenty past eleven
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when they walked out in the street
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Folks were watchin' from the windows
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Every body held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger was
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about  to meet his death
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E E 
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About to meet his death

Verse 7
E E 
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There was forty 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 had not cleared leather
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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
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E E 
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Big iron on his hip

Verse 8
E E 
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It was over in a moment
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and the folks had gathered 'round
E E 
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There before them lay the body
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of the outlaw on the ground
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Oh, he might have went on livin'
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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
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E E 
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E7 E7 
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Big iron on his hip
A A 
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E E 
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Big iron, big iron
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When he tried to match the ranger
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with the big   iron on his hip
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E E 
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Big iron on his hip
C#m C#m 4
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