Big Iron

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Contributor: William Brown
Difficulty: Easy as pie
Song: Big Iron
Artist: Marty Robbins
Standard Tuning: EADGBE
Chords used: (without capo)
C#m G# E A
e|-4-|-4-|-4-|-5-|
b|-5-|-4-|-5-|-5-|
g|-6-|-5-|-4-|-6-|
d|-6-|-6-|-6-|-7-|
a|-4-|-6-|-7-|-7-|
e|-4-|-4-|-4-|-5-|
Chords used: (with capo on 4th fret)
Am E C F
e|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|
b|-1-|-0-|-1-|-1-|
g|-2-|-1-|-0-|-2-|
d|-2-|-2-|-2-|-3-|
a|-0-|-2-|-3-|-3-|
e|-0-|-0-|-0-|-1-|
Strumming Pattern (1 bar): V V ^V (down-down up/down)
Intro:
Am (4 strum bars) E (2 bars) Am (2 bars)
C Am
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To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
C Am
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Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say
F C
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No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
Am
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for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip
F C
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Big iron on his hip
C Am
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It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
C Am
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He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
F C
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He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
Am
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And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
F C
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big iron on his hip
C Am
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In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
C Am
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Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
F C
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He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four
Am
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And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more
F C
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One and nineteen more
C Am
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Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
C Am
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Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town
F C
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He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
Am
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And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
F C
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After Texas Red
C Am
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Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
C Am
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But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
F C
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Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
Am
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Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
F C
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Big iron on his hip
C Am
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The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
C Am
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It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
F C
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Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath
Am
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They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
F C
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About to meet his death
C
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There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their
Am
|
play
C Am
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And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day
F C
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Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
Am
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And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
F C
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Big iron on his hip
C Am
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It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
C Am
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There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
F C
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Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
Am
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When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
F C
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Big iron on his hip
Am
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Big iron Big iron
C Am
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When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
F C
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Big iron on his hip
This should be a lot easier to play than the other versions,
hope it helped!

Big Iron chords and lyrics

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Contributor: William Brown      
Difficulty: Easy as pie
Song: Big Iron
Artist: Marty Robbins
Standard Tuning: EADGBE
Strumming Pattern (1 bar): V V ^V (down-down up/down)
Intro:        
Am (4 strum bars) E (2 bars) Am (2 bars)
This should be a lot easier to play than the other versions, 
hope it helped!

Big Iron Chords by Marty Robbins

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