Big Iron Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F]
[C][C][C][C]

[Verse 1]
To the [C]town of Agua Fría
rode a [Am]stranger one fine day
Hardly [C]spoke to folks around him
didn't have too much to [Am]say
No one [F]dared to ask his business,
no one [C]dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them
had a [Am]big iron on his hip
[F]Big iron on his [C]hip

[Verse 2]
It was [C]early in the morning
when he [Am]rode into the town
He came [C]riding from the south side
slowly lookin' all a[Am]round
He's an [F]outlaw loose and running,
came the [C]whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business
with the [Am]big iron on his hip
[F]Big iron on his [C]hip

[Verse 3]
In this [C]town there lived an outlaw
by the [Am]name of Texas Red
Many [C]men had tried to take him
and that many men were [Am]dead
He was [F]vicious and a killer
though a [C]youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol
numbered [Am]one an nineteen more
[F]One and nineteen [C]more

[Verse 4]
Now the [C]stranger started talking,
made it [Am]plain to folks around
He was an [C]Arizona ranger,
wouldn't be too long in [Am]town
He came [F]here to take an outlaw
back a[C]live or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter,
he was [Am]after Texas Red
[F]After [C]Texas Red

[Verse 5]
The [C]morning passed so quickly
it was [Am]time for them to meet
It was [C]twenty past eleven
when they walked out in the [Am]street
Folks were [F]watching from their windows,
every[C]body held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger
was a[Am]bout to meet his death
Was a[F]bout to meet [C]his death

[Verse 6]
There was [C]forty feet between them
when they [Am]stopped to make their play
And the [C]swiftness of the ranger
is still talked about to[Am]day
Texas [F]Red had not cleared leather
when a [C]bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly
with the [Am]big iron on his hip
The [F]big iron on [C]his hip

[Outro 1]
Big [F]i- ron, big [C]i- ron
When he tried to match the ranger
with the [Am]big iron on his hip
The [F]big iron on [C]his hip