BIG IRON
   C         Am       Am                        
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D-----------1--------1------------------------------------------|
G-------0-2--2--------2------------------------------------------|
D--0h2------2--2-2-0-2--0h2-------0h2-------0h2-------0h2-------|
A-3--------------------------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-|
E------------------------------3---------3---------3---------3---|
    
C 	                           Am                 #1
To the town of Aqua Fria rode a stranger one fine day                     
C 	  	  	  	  	                              Am #2                            
Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say
F 	  	  	  	         C                                        
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
  	  	  	  	                Am                             
For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip 
F                C
Big iron on his hip
 

C                                   Am                #1
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
C                                                           Am #2
He came riding from the south side slowly looking all around
F                                  C
He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
                                           Am                    
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip 
F                C
Big iron on his hip

    C                                     Am                #1       
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
      C                                                   Am#2
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
    F                                           C
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four
                                       Am                      
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more 
F                 C
One and nineteen more

     C                                   Am                   #1
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
    C                                                Am#2
He was an Arizona Ranger wouldn't be too long in town
    F                                          C
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
                                     Am         
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red 
F            C
After Texas Red






     C                               Am                    #1
The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
    C                                                       Am#2
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out on the street
 F                                           C
Folks were watching from their windows everybody held their breath
                                    Am              
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death 
F                       C
Was about to meet his death

 C                                           Am                        #1
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play
     C                                                     Am#2
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
F                                        C
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
                                         Am                    
And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip 
F                    C
The Big iron on his hip
F 	 C
Big iron Big iron
C                                               Am
When he tried to match the ranger with the Big iron on his hip
F 	           C
Big iron on his hip

Outro:              
 #1 RIFF                              Walk down from Am to F:
   C               Am                    Am                C
e--0---------------0---|              e---0----------------0----|
D-1---------------1---|              B---1----------------1----|
G--0---------------2---|              G---2----------------2----|
D-2---------------2---|              D---2----------------3----|
A--3---3---2---0---0---|              A---0---0------------3----|
E--3-------------------|              E------------3---1---1----|
          
Bass Strumming on Am:
 
e-----0--0---------0--0------0-0-----0-0--|
D----1--1---------1--1------1-1-----1-1--|
G-----2------------2---------2-------2----|
D----2------0h2-------------2-------2----|
A--0----------------------0----------0----|
E---------------------------------0-------|
 #2 RIFF           Am                        Bass Strumming on F:
e------------------0-----|                   e-------1--1--------1--1----|
D-----------------1-----|                   B-------1--1--------1--1----|
G------------------2-----|                   G-------2-----------2-------|
D-----------------2-----|                   D-------3-----------3-------|
A------------0-----------|                   A-------3------3------------|
E---0---3----------------|                   E--1------------------------|