Big Iron Chords by Marty Robbins
Tempo:
112.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
C#m
A
G#
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m] .
[G#] [C#m] To the town of Alfrea rode a stranger one fine day, [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too [C#m] much to say.
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[C#] 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.
[A] Big [E] iron 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 [G#m] 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.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
.
In this town there [Em] lived an outlaw [C#m] by the name of Texas Ray, Many [E] men had tried to take him and that many [C#m] men were dead.
.
He [A] 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 talking made [G#] it plain to folks [C#m] around, Was [E] an Arizona ranger wouldn't be [C#m] too 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 [C#m] was after Texas Ray.
[F#m] After [E] Texas Ray.
Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Ray, [E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried [C#m] before were dead.
[E] Twenty [A] 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 [E] on his hip.
The morning passed so quickly it was [G#] time for them to [C#m] meet, [E] It was twenty past eleven 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 was [C#m] about to meet his death.
[A] About [E] to meet his death.
There was forty feet between them when [C#m] they stopped to make their play, And the swiftness of [E] the ranger is still talked about [C#m] today.
Texas [A] Ray did not clear leather [E] for a bullet fairly ripped, And the ranger's aim was deadly [Fm] with a [C#m] 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 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 [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
.
[A] Big iron, [E] big iron, When he tried to match the ranger with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
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[C#m] .
[G#] [C#m] To the town of Alfrea rode a stranger one fine day, [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too [C#m] much to say.
.
[C#] 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.
[A] Big [E] iron 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 [G#m] 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.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
.
In this town there [Em] lived an outlaw [C#m] by the name of Texas Ray, Many [E] men had tried to take him and that many [C#m] men were dead.
.
He [A] 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 talking made [G#] it plain to folks [C#m] around, Was [E] an Arizona ranger wouldn't be [C#m] too 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 [C#m] was after Texas Ray.
[F#m] After [E] Texas Ray.
Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Ray, [E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried [C#m] before were dead.
[E] Twenty [A] 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 [E] on his hip.
The morning passed so quickly it was [G#] time for them to [C#m] meet, [E] It was twenty past eleven 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 was [C#m] about to meet his death.
[A] About [E] to meet his death.
There was forty feet between them when [C#m] they stopped to make their play, And the swiftness of [E] the ranger is still talked about [C#m] today.
Texas [A] Ray did not clear leather [E] for a bullet fairly ripped, And the ranger's aim was deadly [Fm] with a [C#m] 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 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 [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
.
[A] Big iron, [E] big iron, When he tried to match the ranger with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
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[C#m] .
Key:
E
C#m
A
G#
C#
E
C#m
A
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[G#] _ _ [C#m] To the town of Alfrea rode a stranger one fine day, _ [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too [C#m] much to say.
_ .
_ [C#] 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.
[A] Big [E] iron 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 [G#m] 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.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
_ .
_ _ _ In this town there [Em] lived an outlaw [C#m] by the name of Texas Ray, _ _ Many [E] men had tried to take him and that many [C#m] men were dead.
_ .
_ He [A] 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 talking made [G#] it plain to folks [C#m] around, _ _ Was [E] an Arizona ranger wouldn't be [C#m] too 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 [C#m] was after Texas Ray.
[F#m] After [E] Texas Ray.
_ _ _ Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Ray, _ _ _ [E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried [C#m] before were dead.
_ _ _ [E] _ Twenty [A] 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 [E] on his hip.
_ _ _ _ The morning passed so quickly it was [G#] time for them to [C#m] meet, _ _ _ [E] It was twenty past eleven 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 was [C#m] about to meet his death.
[A] About [E] to meet his death.
_ _ _ _ There was forty feet between them when [C#m] they stopped to make their play, _ _ And the swiftness of [E] the ranger is still talked about [C#m] today.
_ _ Texas [A] Ray did not clear leather [E] for a bullet fairly ripped, And the ranger's aim was deadly [Fm] with a [C#m] 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 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 [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
_ _ _ _ .
[A] Big iron, [E] big iron, When he tried to match the ranger with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
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_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[G#] _ _ [C#m] To the town of Alfrea rode a stranger one fine day, _ [E] Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too [C#m] much to say.
_ .
_ [C#] 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.
[A] Big [E] iron 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 [G#m] 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.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
_ .
_ _ _ In this town there [Em] lived an outlaw [C#m] by the name of Texas Ray, _ _ Many [E] men had tried to take him and that many [C#m] men were dead.
_ .
_ He [A] 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 talking made [G#] it plain to folks [C#m] around, _ _ Was [E] an Arizona ranger wouldn't be [C#m] too 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 [C#m] was after Texas Ray.
[F#m] After [E] Texas Ray.
_ _ _ Wasn't long before the story [C#m] was relayed to Texas Ray, _ _ _ [E] But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried [C#m] before were dead.
_ _ _ [E] _ Twenty [A] 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 [E] on his hip.
_ _ _ _ The morning passed so quickly it was [G#] time for them to [C#m] meet, _ _ _ [E] It was twenty past eleven 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 was [C#m] about to meet his death.
[A] About [E] to meet his death.
_ _ _ _ There was forty feet between them when [C#m] they stopped to make their play, _ _ And the swiftness of [E] the ranger is still talked about [C#m] today.
_ _ Texas [A] Ray did not clear leather [E] for a bullet fairly ripped, And the ranger's aim was deadly [Fm] with a [C#m] 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 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 [C#m] with a big iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
_ _ _ _ .
[A] Big iron, [E] big iron, When he tried to match the ranger with a big [C#m] iron on his hip.
[A] Big iron on [E] his hip.
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_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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