{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1815480,"song":"Big Iron","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1815480-big-iron-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1815480?type=chord","rating":4.84386,"votes":60,"content":"\r\nContributor: William Brown      \r\nDifficulty: Easy as pie\r\n\r\nSong: Big Iron\r\nArtist: Marty Robbins\r\nStandard Tuning: EADGBE\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Chords used: (without capo)\r\n  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|-4-|-4-|-4-|-5-|\r\nb|-5-|-4-|-5-|-5-|\r\ng|-6-|-5-|-4-|-6-|\r\nd|-6-|-6-|-6-|-7-|\r\na|-4-|-6-|-7-|-7-|\r\ne|-4-|-4-|-4-|-5-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Chords used: (with capo on 4th fret)\r\n   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|\r\nb|-1-|-0-|-1-|-1-|\r\ng|-2-|-1-|-0-|-2-|\r\nd|-2-|-2-|-2-|-3-|\r\na|-0-|-2-|-3-|-3-|\r\ne|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nStrumming Pattern (1 bar): V V ^V (down-down up/down)\r\n\r\nIntro:        \r\nAm (4 strum bars) E (2 bars) Am (2 bars)\r\n\r\n\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[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 riding 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 running 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[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 an nineteen more[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]F[/ch]               |[ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne and nineteen more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\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[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 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[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 every-body 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[tab]          |[ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their[/tab]\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am[/ch]\r\nplay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        |[ch]C[/ch]                                               |[ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      |[ch]F[/ch]                                 |[ch]C[/ch]\r\nTexas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        |[ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the rangers 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[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[tab]    |[ch]Am[/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]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis should be a lot easier to play than the other versions, \r\nhope it helped!","plain_text":"Contributor: William Brown      \nDifficulty: Easy as pie\n\nSong: Big Iron\nArtist: Marty Robbins\nStandard Tuning: EADGBE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrumming Pattern (1 bar): V V ^V (down-down up/down)\n\nIntro:        \nAm (4 strum bars) E (2 bars) Am (2 bars)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis should be a lot easier to play than the other versions, \nhope it helped!","chords":["C#m","G#","E","A","Am","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}