Big Iron chords by Colter Wall

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
A minorAm
E MajorE A minorAm

Verse 1:
    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
                      A minorAm
for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip
 FF        C majorC
Big iron on his hip

Verse 2:
    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 lookin' all around
     FF                 C majorC
He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
                      A minorAm
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
  FF        C majorC
The big iron on his hip

Verse 3:
     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
                    A minorAm
And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more
 FF        C majorC
One and nineteen more

Verse 4:
     C majorC                A minorAm
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
    C majorC                   A minorAm
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
                   A minorAm
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
 FF      C majorC
After Texas Red

Verse 5:
     C majorC             A minorAm
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
     C majorC                       A minorAm
But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
    FF              C majorC
Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
                     A minorAm
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 FF        C majorC
Big iron on his hip

Verse 6:
     C majorC                A minorAm
Well,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 every-body held their breath
                  A minorAm
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
 FF         C majorC
About to meet his death

Verse 7:
      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 to-day
    FF                 C majorC
Texas Red had not cleared leather for a bullet fairly ripped
                     A minorAm
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
  FF        C majorC
The big iron on his hip

Verse 8:
    C majorC            A minorAm
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
    C majorC                       A minorAm
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
    FF                C majorC
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
                      A minorAm
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 FF        C majorC
Big iron on his hip

Outro:
   FF    C majorC
Big iron Big iron
     C majorC                 A minorAm
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 FF        C majorC G+G C majorC
Big iron on his hip