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Song: Big Iron Artist: Marty Robbins Standard Tuning: EADGBE Chords used: C#m G# E A e|-4-|-4-|-0-|-0-| b|-5-|-4-|-0-|-2-| g|-6-|-5-|-1-|-2-| d|-6-|-6-|-2-|-2-| a|-4-|-6-|-2-|-0-| e|---|-4-|-0-|---| Intro C#m...G#...C#m |E |C#m To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day |E |C#m Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say |A |E No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip |C#m for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip |A |E Big iron on his hip |E |C#m It was early in the morning when he rode into the town |E |C#m He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around |A |E He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip |C#m And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip |A |E big iron on his hip |E |C#m In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red |E |C#m Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead |A |E He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four |C#m And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more |A |E One and nineteen more |E |C#m Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around |E |C#m Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town |A |E He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead |C#m And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red |A |E After Texas Red [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/marty-robbins/319039.html ] |E |C#m Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red |E |C#m But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead |A |E Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip |C#m Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip |A |E Big iron on his hip |E |C#m The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet |E |C#m It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street |A |E Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath |C#m They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death |A |E About to meet his death |E There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their |C#m play |E |C#m And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day |A |E Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped |C#m And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip |A |E Big iron on his hip |E |C#m It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round |E |C#m There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground |A |E Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip |C#m When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip |A |E Big iron on his hip |C#m |? Big iron Big iron |E |C#m When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip |A |E Big iron on his hip Outro: (strumming pattern not shown) C#m E|-4-0-| b|-5-5-| g|-6-6-| d|-6-6-| X6 A|-4-4-| e|-----| Leave your comments and rate! Thank you! :) |