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Big Iron chords by
Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman

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Intro 1
A
D
A

D
G
Bm
D

Bm

A
F#m
D

Bm
F#m
C#aug
F#m
A
D

Bm

D
Bm
D
G
D
Bm

A
D

Verse 1
D

To the town of Agua Fria
Bm

Rode a stranger one fine day
D

Hardly spoke to folks around him
Bm
D

Didn't have a lot to say
G

No one dared to ask his business
Bm

No one dared to make a slip
D
Bm
The stranger there among them Had a
Verse 2


big iron on his hip
D

A big iron on his hip
Verse 3
D

It was early in the mornin'
Bm

When he rode into the town
F#m
D

He was ridin' out of the south side
Bm

Slowly lookin' all around
G
He's an outlaw loose and
Verse 4

runnin'
D

That's the whisper on each lip

And he's here to do some business
Bm

With the big iron on his hip
D
F#m

With the big iron on his hip
Bm
G
Bm

D
Bm
A
Verse 5
D


Pretty soon the stranger talked
Bm

And made it plain to folks around

He was an Arizona Ranger

And wouldn't be too
D
Bm

long in town
G

He'd come here to take
D

an outlaw back

Alive or maybe dead

And he said it didn't matter
Bm
G
D

He was after Texas Red after Texas Red
Verse 6
D

In that town there lived an outlaw
Bm

By the name of Texas Red

But the outlaw didn't worry

Men that tried before were dead
G
Red was vicious and
Verse 7

a killer
D
Bm

Though a youth of twenty four
D

And the notches on his pistol

Numbered one and nineteen more
Bm
D
F#m

One and nineteen more
Bm
Em
G
Em
D
Bm

Verse 8
D


Well the morning passed so quickly
Bm

And it was time for them to meet

It was twenty after eleven

When they walked out in the street
G
Folks was watching out of their Windows, and every
Verse 9
D


body

held their breath

They knew that handsome Ranger
Bm

Was about to meet his death
G
D

About to meet his death

There was forty feet between them
Bm

When they stopped to make their play

And the swiftness of the Ranger

Is still spoken of today
G

Texas Red had not cleared leather
D

When a bullet fairly ripped

And the Ranger's aim was deadly
Bm

With the big iron on his hip
G
D

The big iron on his hip
Verse 10
D

When the dust had cleared the
Bm

People gathered all around
F#m
D

There before them was the body of
Bm

The outlaw on the ground
G

He could have gone on livin' but
D

He made a fatal slip

He tried to stop an Arizona Ranger with
Bm
D

A big iron on his hip big iron on his hip
G
Big iron,
Verse 11
D

big iron

He tried to stop a Ranger with
Bm

A big iron on his hip
Verse 12
D
G
Bm

Yippee I yay yippee I O
G
Bm

big iron on his hip

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Chords
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  • D

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • C#aug

    2
  • Em

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