Chords for Marty Robbins - Big Iron (Audio)

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_ [G#] _ _ [C#m] To the town of Alfreel rode a stranger one fine day. _ _
[E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to [C#m] say.
_ _ _ [A] No one dared to ask his business, [E] no one dared to make a slip.
The stranger there among them [C#m] had a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
_ _ _ [G#m] It was early in the morning [C#m] when he rode into the town. _ _
He [E] came riding from the south side, slowly [G#] looking all [C#m]
around.
_ _ [A] He's an outlaw, loose and running, [E] came the whisper from each lip.
And he's here to do some business [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
Big iron [E] on his hip.
_ _ _ In this town there lived an outlaw by the [C#m] 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 [C#m] on his pistol numbered one in nineteen more.
[A] One in [E] nineteen more.
_ _ _ _ Now the stranger started talking, [G#] made it plain to [C#m] folks around. _ _ _
[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 [C#m] before the story was relayed to Texas Red. _ _
[E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried [C#m] before were dead.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] Twenty 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 on his [E] hip. _ _ _ _
The morning passed so quickly it [G#] was time for them [C#m] to meet.
_ _ It [E] was twenty past eleven when they [C#m] walked out in the street.
_ _ _ [A] Folks were watching from the windows, [E] everybody held their breath.
They knew this handsome ranger [C#m] was about to meet 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 swiftness [E] of the ranger is still talked about [C#m] today. _ _ _
[A] Texas Red did not clear the leather for [E] a bullet fairly ripped.
And the ranger's aim was deadly [Fm] with [C#m] a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron [E] on his hip. _ _ _
It was over in [C#m] a moment and the folks had gathered round.
_ _ [E] There before them lay the body [Em] of the outlaw [C#m] 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 on [E] his hip. _ _ _
Big [A] iron, [E] big iron.
When he tried to match the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron [E] on his _ hip. _
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