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Big Iron chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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  • Submitter: Flyinglibra51 Flyinglibra51
  • Tuning: Standard tuning
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Big Iron
Michael Martin Murphey


Intro  Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramC# minorC#m

       Chord diagramE MajorE                        Chord diagramC# minorC#m
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
       Chord diagramE MajorE                                                 Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Hardly spoke to folks around him didn`t have too much to say
       Chord diagramA augmentedA                                Chord diagramE MajorE
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
                                        Chord diagramC# minorC#m
for the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
Big iron on his hip
                                    Chord diagramC# minorC#m
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
        Chord diagramE MajorE                                             Chord diagramC# minorC#m
He came riding from the south side slowly lookin` all around
        Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramE MajorE
He`s an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
                                           Chord diagramC# minorC#m
And he`s here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
big iron on his hip


                                          Chord diagramC# minorC#m
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
     Chord diagramE MajorE                                                Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
       Chord diagramA augmentedA                             Chord diagramE MajorE
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four
                                       Chord diagramC# minorC#m
And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more
Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramE MajorE
One and nineteen more


                                         Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
       Chord diagramE MajorE                                      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Was an Arizona ranger wouldn`t be too long in town
        Chord diagramA augmentedA                           Chord diagramE MajorE
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
                                    Chord diagramC# minorC#m
And he said it didn`t matter he was after Texas Red
Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramE MajorE
After Texas Red

                                 Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Wasn`t long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
        Chord diagramE MajorE                                              Chord diagramC# minorC#m
But the outlaw didn`t worry men that tried before were dead
       Chord diagramA augmentedA                            Chord diagramE MajorE
Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
                                        Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
Big iron on his hip
                                     Chord diagramC# minorC#m
The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
       Chord diagramE MajorE                                              Chord diagramC# minorC#m
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
           Chord diagramA augmentedA                                Chord diagramE MajorE
Folks were watching from their windows everybody held their breath
                                   Chord diagramC# minorC#m
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramE MajorE
About to meet his death


There was forty feet between them
                                Chord diagramC# minorC#m
when they stopped to make their play
        Chord diagramE MajorE                                             Chord diagramC# minorC#m
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
      Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramE MajorE
Texas Red had not cleared leather for a bullet fairly ripped
                                        Chord diagramC# minorC#m
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
Big iron on his hip


                                Chord diagramC# minorC#m
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
      Chord diagramE MajorE                                             Chord diagramC# minorC#m
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
      Chord diagramA augmentedA                                Chord diagramE MajorE
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
                                           Chord diagramC# minorC#m
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE
Big iron on his hip
    Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramE MajorE
Big iron Big iron
                                           Chord diagramC# minorC#m
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Big iron on his hip

Big Iron chords

Michael Martin Murphy recorded this song in 1993. Originally "Big Iron" is a country ballad by Marty Robbins. Originally released as an album track on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959, then as a single in February 1960 with the song "Saddle Tramp" as the B-side single. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.

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