Big Iron Chords by Johnny Cash

[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]