Big Iron

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

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

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

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

[Verse 5]
    C                 .           
The morning passed so quickly, it 
    Am               .    . .
was time for them to meet
       C            .               
It was twenty past eleven when they 
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walked out in the street
           F                  
Folks were watching from their 
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windows, everybody held their breath
     C                  .          
They knew this handsome ranger was 
 Am               .     .
about to meet his death
     F                C     . .
Was about to meet his death

[Verse 6]
          C            .          
There was forty feet between them 
          Am                    .   
when they stopped to make their play
 . .

        C                .         
And the swiftness of the ranger is 
      .              Am  . .
still talked about today
      F                   .       
Texas Red had not cleared leather 
       C             .
when a bullet fairly ripped
        C                .          
And the ranger's aim was deadly with
     Am              .
 the big iron on his hip
    F               C   . .
The big iron on his hip

[Otro]
    F     .     C    .
Big iron,   big iron
        C                  .
When he tried to match the ranger
         Am              .
With the big iron on his hip
    F               C   . . .
The big iron on his hip