Big Iron Tab
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[Intro]
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C Am
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F C
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Am F C
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A|--3-----0-0---0-----------0--------3-----------3----------3----------3---------3----------3----|
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[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
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A|-3----0-0---0------3-3-3---3------|
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