Chords for Big Iron

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[G#] _ _ [C#m] To the [E] town of Alfreel rode a [C#m] stranger one fine day.
_ _ [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say. _
_ No [A] one dared to ask his business, no [E] one dared to make a slip.
The stranger there among [C#m] them had a big iron on his hip.
[G#] Big iron [E] on his hip. _ _
_ _ It was early in the morning [C#m] when he rode into the town.
_ _ [E] He came riding from the south side, slowly looking all around.
_ _ [A] He's an outlaw, loose and running, [E] came the whisper from each lip.
And he's here to do some [C] business with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
[A] Big [E] iron on his hip. _
_ _ In this town there lived an outlaw by the [C#m] name of Texas Red.
_ _ Many [E] men had tried to take him and that many men were dead. _
_ _ [A] He was vicious and a killer, [E] though he lived to 24.
And the notches on [G#m] his pistol numbered one in 19 more.
[A] One in [E] 19 more. _
_ _ _ Now the stranger started talking, [G#] made it plain to folks [C#m] around.
_ _ Was [E] an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long [C#m] in town.
_ _ [A] He came here to take an outlaw [E] back alive or maybe dead.
And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red.
[A] After [E] Texas Red. _
_ _ _ _ Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Red. _ _ _
But the [E] outlaw didn't worry men that tried [C#m] before were dead.
_ _ _ _ Twenty [A] men had tried to take him, twenty [E] men had made a slip.
Twenty-one would be the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
Big iron [E] on his hip.
_ _ _ _ The morning passed so quickly it [G#] was time for them to meet.
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_ It [E] was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street.
_ _ _ Folks were [A] watching from the windows, [E] everybody held their breath.
They knew this handsome ranger [G#] was about to meet [G#m] his death.
[A] About to meet [E] his death.
_ _ _ _ There was forty feet between them [C#m] when they stopped to make their play. _
_ _ And the [E] swiftness of the ranger is still talked about [C#m] today.
_ _ _ [A] Texas Red did not clear the leather for [E] a bullet barely ripped.
And the ranger's aim was deadly with [C#m] a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron [E] on his hip. _ _ _ _
It was over in a moment and [G#] the folks had gathered [C#m] round.
_ _ There [E] before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground.
_ _ [A] Oh he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip.
When he tried to match the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
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Big iron [E] on his hip. _ _ _ _
[A] Big iron, [E] big iron.
When he tried to match the ranger with a [C#m] big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on his [E] hip. _ _ _
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