Big Iron by Marty Robbins ! Chords
Tempo:
112.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
C#m
A
G#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C#m]
[G#] [C#m]
To the town of Owlapree, who rode his stranger [C#m] one fine day, [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much [C#m] to say.
No [A] one dared to ask his business, no [E] one dared to make a slip, The stranger there [B] among them [C#m] had a big iron on his hip.
[A]
Big iron [E] on his hip.
It was [C#m] early in the morning when he rode into the town, He came [E] riding from the south side, slowly looking [C#m] all around.
[A] He's an outlaw, loose and running, [E] came the whisper from each lip, And he's here to do some business with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
Big iron on [E] his hip.
In this town there lived an outlaw [C#m] by the name of Texas Red, Many men had tried [E] to take him and that many men [C#m] were dead.
[A] He was vicious and a killer, [E] though he was twenty-four, And the notches on his pistol numbered one in nineteen more.
[A] One in [E] nineteen more.
Now the stranger started [G#] talking, made it plain to folks [C#m] around him, [E] Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too [C#m] long in town.
He [A] came here to take an outlaw back [E] alive or maybe dead, And he said it didn't matter, [C#m] he was after Texas Red.
[A] After [E] Texas Red.
Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Red.
[E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before [C#m] were dead.
[E] [A] Twenty men had tried to take him, [E] twenty men had made a slip, Twenty-one would be the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
Big iron on [E] his hip.
The morning passed so quickly [G#] it was time for them to meet.
[C#m]
It was twenty [E] past eleven when they walked out [C#m] in the street.
Folks [A] were watching from the windows, [E] everybody held their breath, They knew this handsome ranger [C#] was about to meet his death.
[A] About [E] to meet his death.
There was forty feet between them [C#m] when they stopped to make their place.
And the [E] swiftness of the ranger is still talked about [C#m]
today.
Texas [A] Red did not need leather or [E] a bullet for the rip, And the ranger's aim was deadly [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on his [E]
hip.
It was over [C#m] in a moment and the folks had gathered round.
[E] There before them lay the body of the [C#m] outlaw on the ground.
[A] Oh he might have went on living [E] but he made one fatal slip, When he tried to match the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron [E] on his hip.
[A] Big iron, [E] big iron.
When he tried to match the ranger with [C#m] a big iron on his hip.
Big [E] iron on his hip.
[C#m]
[G#] [C#m]
To the town of Owlapree, who rode his stranger [C#m] one fine day, [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much [C#m] to say.
No [A] one dared to ask his business, no [E] one dared to make a slip, The stranger there [B] among them [C#m] had a big iron on his hip.
[A]
Big iron [E] on his hip.
It was [C#m] early in the morning when he rode into the town, He came [E] riding from the south side, slowly looking [C#m] all around.
[A] He's an outlaw, loose and running, [E] came the whisper from each lip, And he's here to do some business with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
Big iron on [E] his hip.
In this town there lived an outlaw [C#m] by the name of Texas Red, Many men had tried [E] to take him and that many men [C#m] were dead.
[A] He was vicious and a killer, [E] though he was twenty-four, And the notches on his pistol numbered one in nineteen more.
[A] One in [E] nineteen more.
Now the stranger started [G#] talking, made it plain to folks [C#m] around him, [E] Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too [C#m] long in town.
He [A] came here to take an outlaw back [E] alive or maybe dead, And he said it didn't matter, [C#m] he was after Texas Red.
[A] After [E] Texas Red.
Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Red.
[E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before [C#m] were dead.
[E] [A] Twenty men had tried to take him, [E] twenty men had made a slip, Twenty-one would be the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
Big iron on [E] his hip.
The morning passed so quickly [G#] it was time for them to meet.
[C#m]
It was twenty [E] past eleven when they walked out [C#m] in the street.
Folks [A] were watching from the windows, [E] everybody held their breath, They knew this handsome ranger [C#] was about to meet his death.
[A] About [E] to meet his death.
There was forty feet between them [C#m] when they stopped to make their place.
And the [E] swiftness of the ranger is still talked about [C#m]
today.
Texas [A] Red did not need leather or [E] a bullet for the rip, And the ranger's aim was deadly [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on his [E]
hip.
It was over [C#m] in a moment and the folks had gathered round.
[E] There before them lay the body of the [C#m] outlaw on the ground.
[A] Oh he might have went on living [E] but he made one fatal slip, When he tried to match the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron [E] on his hip.
[A] Big iron, [E] big iron.
When he tried to match the ranger with [C#m] a big iron on his hip.
Big [E] iron on his hip.
[C#m]
Key:
E
C#m
A
G#
B
E
C#m
A
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [C#m] _
To the town of Owlapree, who rode his stranger [C#m] one fine day, _ _ [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much [C#m] to say.
_ _ No [A] one dared to ask his business, no [E] one dared to make a slip, The stranger there [B] among them [C#m] had a big iron on his hip.
[A]
Big iron [E] on his _ hip. _ _
It was [C#m] early in the morning when he rode into the town, _ He came [E] riding from the south side, slowly looking [C#m] all around. _ _
[A] He's an outlaw, loose and running, [E] came the whisper from each lip, And he's here to do some business with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
Big iron on [E] his hip. _ _ _ _
In this town there lived an outlaw [C#m] by the name of Texas Red, _ _ Many men had tried [E] to take him and that many men [C#m] were dead. _ _
[A] He was vicious and a killer, [E] though he was twenty-four, And the notches on his pistol numbered one in nineteen more.
[A] One in [E] nineteen more. _ _ _ _
Now the stranger started [G#] talking, made it plain to folks [C#m] around him, _ _ [E] Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too [C#m] long in town. _ _
He [A] came here to take an outlaw back [E] alive or maybe dead, And he said it didn't matter, [C#m] he was after Texas Red.
[A] After [E] Texas Red. _ _ _ _
_ Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Red.
_ _ [E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before [C#m] were dead. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] Twenty men had tried to take him, [E] twenty men had made a slip, Twenty-one would be the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
Big iron on [E] his hip. _
_ _ _ The morning passed so quickly [G#] it was time for them to meet.
[C#m] _ _ _
It was twenty [E] past eleven when they walked out [C#m] in the street.
_ _ Folks [A] were watching from the windows, [E] everybody held their breath, They knew this handsome ranger [C#] was about to meet his death.
[A] About [E] to meet his death.
_ _ _ _ There was forty feet between them [C#m] when they stopped to make their place. _ _ _
And the [E] swiftness of the ranger is still talked about [C#m]
today.
_ _ Texas [A] Red did not need leather or [E] a bullet for the rip, And the ranger's aim was deadly [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on his [E] _
hip.
_ _ _ It was over [C#m] in a moment and the folks had gathered round. _ _
[E] There before them lay the body of the [C#m] outlaw on the ground.
_ _ [A] Oh he might have went on living [E] but he made one fatal slip, When he tried to match the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron [E] on his hip.
_ _ _ _ [A] Big iron, [E] big iron.
When he tried to match the ranger with [C#m] a big iron on his hip.
Big [E] iron on his hip. _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [C#m] _
To the town of Owlapree, who rode his stranger [C#m] one fine day, _ _ [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much [C#m] to say.
_ _ No [A] one dared to ask his business, no [E] one dared to make a slip, The stranger there [B] among them [C#m] had a big iron on his hip.
[A]
Big iron [E] on his _ hip. _ _
It was [C#m] early in the morning when he rode into the town, _ He came [E] riding from the south side, slowly looking [C#m] all around. _ _
[A] He's an outlaw, loose and running, [E] came the whisper from each lip, And he's here to do some business with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
Big iron on [E] his hip. _ _ _ _
In this town there lived an outlaw [C#m] by the name of Texas Red, _ _ Many men had tried [E] to take him and that many men [C#m] were dead. _ _
[A] He was vicious and a killer, [E] though he was twenty-four, And the notches on his pistol numbered one in nineteen more.
[A] One in [E] nineteen more. _ _ _ _
Now the stranger started [G#] talking, made it plain to folks [C#m] around him, _ _ [E] Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too [C#m] long in town. _ _
He [A] came here to take an outlaw back [E] alive or maybe dead, And he said it didn't matter, [C#m] he was after Texas Red.
[A] After [E] Texas Red. _ _ _ _
_ Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Red.
_ _ [E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before [C#m] were dead. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] Twenty men had tried to take him, [E] twenty men had made a slip, Twenty-one would be the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
Big iron on [E] his hip. _
_ _ _ The morning passed so quickly [G#] it was time for them to meet.
[C#m] _ _ _
It was twenty [E] past eleven when they walked out [C#m] in the street.
_ _ Folks [A] were watching from the windows, [E] everybody held their breath, They knew this handsome ranger [C#] was about to meet his death.
[A] About [E] to meet his death.
_ _ _ _ There was forty feet between them [C#m] when they stopped to make their place. _ _ _
And the [E] swiftness of the ranger is still talked about [C#m]
today.
_ _ Texas [A] Red did not need leather or [E] a bullet for the rip, And the ranger's aim was deadly [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on his [E] _
hip.
_ _ _ It was over [C#m] in a moment and the folks had gathered round. _ _
[E] There before them lay the body of the [C#m] outlaw on the ground.
_ _ [A] Oh he might have went on living [E] but he made one fatal slip, When he tried to match the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron [E] on his hip.
_ _ _ _ [A] Big iron, [E] big iron.
When he tried to match the ranger with [C#m] a big iron on his hip.
Big [E] iron on his hip. _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _