Big Iron chords by Colter Wall

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Am
E Am

Verse 1:
    C            Am
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
    C                         Am
Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say
    F                C
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
                      Am
for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip
 F        C
Big iron on his hip

Verse 2:
    C              Am
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
     C                       Am
He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
     F                 C
He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
                      Am
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
  F        C
The big iron on his hip

Verse 3:
     C                Am
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
   C                        Am
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
    F               C
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four
                    Am
And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more
 F        C
One and nineteen more

Verse 4:
     C                Am
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
    C                   Am
Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town
     F              C
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
                   Am
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
 F      C
After Texas Red

Verse 5:
     C             Am
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
     C                       Am
But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
    F              C
Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
                     Am
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 F        C
Big iron on his hip

Verse 6:
     C                Am
Well,the morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
    C                       Am
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
      F                 C
Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath
                  Am
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
 F         C
About to meet his death

Verse 7:
      C                Am
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play
     C                        Am
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day
    F                 C
Texas Red had not cleared leather for a bullet fairly ripped
                     Am
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
  F        C
The big iron on his hip

Verse 8:
    C            Am
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
    C                       Am
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
    F                C
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
                      Am
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 F        C
Big iron on his hip

Outro:
   F    C
Big iron Big iron
     C                 Am
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 F        C G C
Big iron on his hip