Marty robbins big Iron Chords

Tempo:
116.9 bpm
Chords used:

C#m

E

A

G#

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Marty robbins big Iron chords
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[C#m]
[G#] [C#m] To the town of [E] Owlapree, who rode a stranger [G#m] one [C#m] fine day,
[E] Hardly spoke the folks around him, didn't have too much to [C#m] say.
business, [E] no one dared to make a slip,
[B] among them [C#m] had a big iron on his hip,
hip.
[C#m] early in the morning when he rode into the town,
He came [E] riding from the south side, slowly looking all [C#m] around.
100%  ➙  117BPM
C#m
13421114
E
2311
A
1231
G#
134211114
G#m
123111114
C#m
13421114
E
2311
A
1231
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Let's start jamming Michael Martin Murphey - Big Iron chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - C#m, A, E, C#m and E in sequence. Ease into the song by practicing at 58 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 117 BPM. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: E Major.

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[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ [C#m] _ To the town of [E] Owlapree, who rode a stranger [G#m] one [C#m] fine day, _ _ _
[E] Hardly spoke the folks around him, didn't have too much to [C#m] say.
_ _ No [A] one dared to ask his business, [E] no 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.
_ _ _ [B] It was [C#m] early in the morning when he rode into the town, _
_ He came [E] riding from the south side, slowly 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 with a big [C#m] iron on his hip,
Big [E] iron on his hip. _ _ _ _
In this town there lived an [G#m] outlaw by [C#m] the name of Texas Red,
_ _ Many [E] men had tried to take him and that many men [C#m] were dead. _ _
He [A] was vicious and a killer, [E] though he was twenty-four,
And the [C#m] notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more,
[A] One and [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.
_ _ _ [A] He came here to take an outlaw [E] back alive or maybe dead,
And he said it didn't matter, he was [C#m] after Texas Red,
[A] After [E] Texas Red.
_ _ _ _ It wasn't long before the [C#m] story was relayed to Texas Red, _
_ But [E] 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 with a [C#m] big iron on his hip,
Big iron [E] on his hip. _ _
_ _ The morning passed so [G#] quickly it was time for them to [C#m] meet,
_ _ It was twenty [E] past eleven when they walked out in the [C#m] 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 when they [C#m] stopped to make their play, _ _
[C#] And [E] the swiftness of the ranger is still [G#m] talked about [C#m] today,
_ _ Texas [A] Red is not cleared leather or [C#m] a bullet [E] barely ripped,
And the ranger's aim was deadly [C#m] with a big iron on his hip,
Big [A] iron [E] on his hip. _ _ _
It was over [C#m] in a moment and the folks had gathered round,
_ _ _ [E] There before them lay the body of the outlaw [C#m] on the ground, _ _ _
[A] Oh he might have went on living but he [E] made one fatal slip,
When he tried to match the ranger [C#m] with a big iron on his hip,
Big [A] iron on [E] 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 [E] on his [C#m] hip. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song, written by Marty Robbins, is featured on the album Cowboy Songs III.

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