Big Iron chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Johnny Cash - Big Iron
Unearthed: Redemption Songs (2003)
Original in C majorC
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    C majorC      .      A minorAm        .  . .
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
    C majorC        .         .        A minorAm . .
Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say
    FF        .        C majorC        .
No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
    C majorC        .        A minorAm       .
For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
FF        C majorC  . .
Big iron on his hip

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


    C majorC          .       A minorAm      .  . .
In this town, there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
   C majorC        .         .       A minorAm  . .
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
    FF       .        C majorC        .
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty-four
    C majorC       .        A minorAm        .  .
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more
FF        C majorC  . . .
One and nineteen more


    C majorC        .        A minorAm       A minorAm  . .
Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around
     C majorC    .        .       A minorAm  . .
He was an Arizona Ranger, wouldn't be too long in town
    FF        .      C majorC       .
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
    C majorC       .       A minorAm     .
And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red
FF      C majorC  . . .
After Texas Red

  C majorC         .        A minorAm        .  . .
The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet
    C majorC      .        .         A minorAm   . .
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
      FF          .       C majorC        .
Folks were watching from their windows, everybody held their breath
   C majorC         .      A minorAm        .   .
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
   FF        C majorC   . .
Was about to meet his death


     C majorC      .          A minorAm          .  . .
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play
    C majorC        .        .       A minorAm . .
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
   FF          .       C majorC       .
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
    C majorC        .        A minorAm       .
And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
  FF        C majorC  . .
The big iron on his hip


  FF   .   C majorC  .
Big iron,  big iron
    C majorC         .
When he tried to match the ranger
     A minorAm       .
With the big iron on his hip
  FF        C majorC  . . .