Big Iron

Intro 
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       C                        Am 
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day 
       C                                                 Am 
Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say 
       F                                C 
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip 
                                          Am 
for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip 
F               C 
Big iron on his hip 



       C                            Am 
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town 
       C                                                 Am 
He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around 
         F                                C 
He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip 
                                          Am 
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip 
F               C 
The big iron on his hip 



        C                                 Am 
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red 
     C                                                Am 
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead 
       F                                C 
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four 
                                       Am 
And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more 
F                C 
One and nineteen more 



        C                                Am 
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around 
       C                                      Am 
Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town 
        F                           C 
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead 
                                    Am 
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red 
F           C 
After Texas Red 



       C                        Am 
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red 
        C                                              Am 
But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead 
       F                                 C 
Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip 
                                        Am 
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip 
F               C 
Big iron on his hip 



       C                                  Am 
Well,the morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet 
       C                                              Am 
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street 
           F                                C 
Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath 
                                    Am 
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death 
F                 C 
About to meet his death 



       C                                    Am 
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play 
        C                                              Am 
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day 
       F                                C 
Texas Red had not cleared leather for a bullet fairly ripped 
                                        Am 
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip 
F                   C 
The big iron on his hip 



       C                        Am 
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round 
       C                                            Am 
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground 
      F                                C 
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip 
                                           Am 
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip 
F               C 
Big iron on his hip 

Outro 

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Big iron Big iron 
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When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip 
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Big iron on his hip 


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