Big Iron Chords

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Glm68k41w
 
[Intro]
Am
E Am
 
[Verse 1]
       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
 
[Verse 2]
       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
 
[Verse 3]
        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
 
[Verse 4]
        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
 
[Verse 5]
       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
 
[Verse 6]
       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
 
[Verse 7]
       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
 
[Verse 8]
       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]
    F        C
Big iron Big iron
                                           Am
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
F               C       G C
Big iron on his hip
 
 
Leading into the outro emphasize these notes with the C walking into the F.
 
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G|-0--0--0-----2---|
D|-2--0--1--2--3---|
A|-3-----------3---|
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