Marty Robbins - Big Iron Chords

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[G#] _ _ [C#m] _ To the town of [G#m] Alfrea rode a [C#m] stranger one fine day _ _ [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much [C#m] to 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
_ _ _ It was early in the morning [C#m] when he rode into the town _ _ He [E] came riding from the south side slowly looking all [C#m] _
around
_ He's [A] an outlaw loose and running [E] came the whisper from each lip And he's here to do some business with a [C#m] 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 [E] men had tried to take him and that many men [C#m] were dead
_ _ [A] He was vicious and a killer [E] though he lived to 24 And the notches on his pistol numbered 1 in 19 more
1 in 19 more _
_ Now the stranger started talking [G#] made it plain to [C#m] folks around
_ _ Was [E] an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long [C#m] in town _ [A] He 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 [F#m] After [E] Texas Red
_ _ _ _ Wasn't long before the story was [C#m] relayed to Texas Red _ _ But [E] the outlaw didn't worry men that [C#m] tried before were dead
_ _ [E] _ 20 [A] men had tried to take him 20 [E] men had made a slip 21 would be the ranger [Fm] with a big iron [C#m] on his hip
Big iron [E] on his hip
_ _ _ _ The morning passed so quickly it was [G#] time for them [C#m] to meet _ _ It was 20 [E] past 11 when they walked out [C#m] in the street
_ _ _ [A] Folks were watching from the windows [E] everybody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger [G#m] [C#m] was about to meet his death
[A] About to meet [E] his death
_ _ _ _ There was 40 feet between them when [C#m] they stopped to make their play _ _ And the [E] swiftness of the ranger is [C#m] still talked about today
_ _ Texas [A] Red had not cleared leather [E] for a bullet fairly ripped And the ranger's aim was deadly [Fm] with a [C#m] big iron on his hip
Big iron on his [E] hip
_ _ _ [C#m] It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round _ _ There [E] before them lay the body of the outlaw [C#m] on the ground
_ _ Oh [A] he might have went on living [E] but he made one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with [C#m] a big iron on his hip
[A] Big [E] iron on 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 on [E] his hip _ _ _
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