Big Iron Tab

by Marty Robbins
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Alternative version with some bass runs added for effect, chords in above tab correspond to chords above lyrics.Was this info helpful?
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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[Intro]
 
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-------0-0-2-0------------------|
D|-----2---------2---0-2----------|
A|-3-3-------------3-----0-0---0--|
E|---------------------------3----|
 
[Verses]x8
   C                         Am
e|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---------------0-0---0-0--0-0---0-|
B|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---------------1-1---1-1--1-1---1-|
G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---------------2-2---2-2--2-2---2-|
D|---2---2-2-----2---2-2-----0-2---------2---2-2----2---2-2-|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----0-0---0-----------0--------|
E|-----------------------------------3----------------------|
 
   C                         Am
e|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---------------0-0---0-0--0-0---0-|
B|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---------------1-1---1-1--1-1---1-|
G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---------0-2---2-2---2-2--2-2---2-|
D|---2---2-2-----2---2-2-----0-2--2----------2-2----2---2-2-|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----3-----------------0--------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
 
   F                       C
e|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0|
B|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1|
G|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0|
D|---3---3-3-----3---3-3-----2---2-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-2--|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------3-----------3---------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
      Am                             F                      C
e|----------------0-0---0-0--0-0---0---1-1---1-1--1-1---1-1--0-0---0-0--0-0---0---0-0---0-0--0-0-|
B|----------------1-1---1-1--1-1---1---1-1---1-1--1-1---1-1--1-1---1-1--1-1---1---1-1---1-1--1-1-|
G|----------------2-2---2-2--2-2---2---2-2---2-2--2-2---2-2--0-0---0-0--0-0---0---0-0---0-0--0-0-|
D|----0-2---------2---2-2----2---2-2---3---3-3----3---3-3----2---2-2----2---2-2---2---2-2----2---|
A|--3-----0-0---0-----------0--------3-----------3----------3----------3---------3----------3----|
E|------------3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
C
To the town of Agua Fria
       Am
Rode a stranger one fine day
       C
Hardly spoke to folks around him
                        Am
Didn't have too much to say
       F
No one dared to ask his business
       C
No one dared to make a slip
 C
The stranger there among them
      Am
Had a big iron on his hip
F               C
Big iron on his hip
 
[Verse 2]
C
It was early in the mornin
        Am
When he rode into the town
        C
He came riding from the south side
       Am
Slowly looking all around
         F
"He's an outlaw loose and running"
         C
Came the whisper from each lip
  C
"And he's here to do some business
         Am
With the big iron on his hip"
F               C
Big iron on his hip
 
[Verse 3]
 C
In this town there lived an outlaw
       Am
By the name of Texas Red
C
Many men had tried to take him
                        Am
And that many men were dead
       F
He was vicious and a killer
         C
Though a youth of twenty-four
 C
And the notches on his pistol
         Am
Numbered one and nineteen more
F                C
One and nineteen more
 
[Verse 4]
 C
Now the stranger started talking
        Am
Made it plain to folks around
 C
Was an Arizona Ranger
                        Am
Wouldn't be too long in town
        F
He came here to take an outlaw
 C
Back alive, or maybe dead
C
And he said it didn't matter
       Am
He was after Texas Red
F              C
After Texas Red
 
[Verse 5]
C
Wasn't long before the story
    Am
Was relayed to Texas Red
C
But the outlaw didn't worry
                           Am
Men that tried before were dead
       F
Twenty men had tried to take him
C
Twenty men had made a slip
 C
Twenty-one would be the Ranger
         Am
With the big iron on his hip
F               C
Big iron on his hip
 
[Verse 6]
 C
The morning passed so quickly
       Am
It was time for them to meet
  C
It was twenty past eleven
                            Am
When they walked out in the street
           F
Folks were watching from the windows
     C
Everybody held their breath
 C
They knew this handsome Ranger
    Am
Was about to meet his death
F                     C
'Bout to meet his death
 
[Verse 7]
 C
There was forty feet between them
          Am
When they stopped to make their play
 C
And the swiftness of the Ranger
                       Am
Is still talked about today
      F
Texas Red had not cleared leather
   C
'Fore a bullet fairly ripped
    C
And the Ranger's aim was deadly
         Am
With the big iron on his hip
F               C
Big iron on his hip
 
[Verse 8]
 C
It was over in a moment
        Am
And the folks had gathered round
 C
There before them lay the body
                     Am
Of the outlaw on the ground
       F
Oh, he might have went on livin'
       C
But he made one fatal slip
   C
When he tried to match the Ranger
         Am
With the big iron on his hip
F               C
Big iron on his hip
 
[Outro]
 F             C
Big iron, big iron
C
When he tried to match the Ranger
         Am
With the big iron on his hip
F               C
Big iron on his hip
 
[Outro]
 
   F                       C
e|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0|
B|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1|
G|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0|
D|---3---3-3-----3---3-3-----2---2-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-2--|
A|-3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------3-----------3---------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
      Am                   F                      C
e|----------------0-0---0-0--0-0---0---1-1---1-1--1-1---1-1--0-0---0-0--0-0---0---0-0---0-0--0-0-|
B|----------------1-1---1-1--1-1---1---1-1---1-1--1-1---1-1--1-1---1-1--1-1---1---1-1---1-1--1-1-|
G|----------------2-2---2-2--2-2---2---2-2---2-2--2-2---2-2--0-0---0-0--0-0---0---0-0---0-0--0-0-|
D|----0-2---------2---2-2----2---2-2---3---3-3----3---3-3----2---2-2----2---2-2---2---2-2----2---|
A|--3-----0-0---0-----------0--------3-----------3----------3----------3---------3----------3----|
E|------------3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---0-2-------------------0--------|
A|-3----0-0---0------3-3-3---3------|
E|----------3-----------------------|
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