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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":82067,"song":"Big Iron","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11548763-big-iron-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/82067?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":2875,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfor the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBig iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was early in the morning when he rode into the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe came ridin' from the south side slowly lookin' all around[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's an outlaw loose and runnin' came the whisper from each lip[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbig iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMany men had tried to take him and that many men were dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne and nineteen more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAfter Texas Red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut the outlaw didn't worry, men that tried before were dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTwenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTwenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBig iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFolks were watching from their windows, everybody held their breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbout to meet his death[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTexas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBig iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBig iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBig iron, big iron[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBig iron on his hip[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm\nE Am\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Am","E","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}