Big Iron Chords by Johnny Cash
- Key: C
- BPM: 94
- Capo: no capo
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BIG IRON CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] C Am Am7 G F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] 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 among them had a big iron on his hip F C Big iron on his hip Am It was early in the morning when he rode into the town C Am He came ridin' 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 Big iron on his hip 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 twentyfour Am And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more F C One and nineteen more Am Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around C Am He was an Arizona Ranger wouldn't be too long in town [Chorus] 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] Am 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 [Chorus] F C Folks were watching from their windows everybody held their breath Am They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death F C Was about to meet his death [Verse] 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 today F C Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped Am And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip [Chorus] F C The big iron on his hip F C Big iron big Iron Am When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip F C The big iron on his hip [End]