Big Iron chords by Colter Wall

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


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

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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