Big Iron Tab by
Johnny Cash

2002Country1.6K views

Key: C major•

Intro 1

Am

Am

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F

F

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E|-0----------------|------------------| B|-1----------------|------------------| G|-2----------------|---------0--------| D|-2----------------|------------------| A|-0-------0--------|-----3------------| E|-------------3----|-1-----------1----| 1 2 1 2

C

C

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C

C

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C

C

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C

C

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E|------------------|------------------| B|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| G|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----| D|---------0h2------|------------------| A|-3----------------|-3----------------| E|------------------|---------3--------| 1 2 1 2

Verse 1

C

C

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To the town of Agua Fría

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

For 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

Am

Am

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slowly lookin' all around

F

F

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He's an outlaw loose and running,

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 the 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

Am

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

Am

Am

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numbered one an 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 talking,

Am

Am

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made it plain to folks around

C

C

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He was an Arizona ranger,

Am

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 a live 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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The morning passed so quickly

Am

Am

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it was time for them to meet

C

C

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It was twenty past eleven

Am

Am

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when they walked out in the street

F

F

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Folks were watching from their windows,

C

C

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everybody held their breath

They knew this handsome ranger

Am

Am

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was a bout to meet his death

F

F

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C

C

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Was a bout to meet his death

Verse 6

C

C

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There was forty feet between them

Am

Am

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when they stopped to make their play

C

C

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And the swiftness of the ranger

Am

Am

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is still talked about to day

F

F

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Texas Red had not cleared leather

C

C

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when a bullet fairly ripped

And the ranger's aim was deadly

Am

Am

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with the big iron on his hip

F

F

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C

C

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The big iron on his hip

Outro 1

F

F

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C

C

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Big i- ron, big i- ron

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

C

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The big iron on his hip

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsAm F C

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