Big Iron – On the Rocks

NEW STUFF :: TONIGHT :: 25 RANDOM :: ARTIST :: CATEGORIZED :: 500 E-Z :: CHORDS QUICK :: CHORDS EXTENSIVE :: RC DASH
Marty Robbins

 


[Intro] - - - [Am] - - - [E] [Am]
 
[Verse 1] - - - To the [C] town of Agua Fria rode a [Am] stranger one fine day.  Hardly [C] spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to [Am] say.  No one [F] dared to ask his business, no one [C] dared to make a slip, for the stranger there amongst them had a [Am] big iron on his hip. - - - [F] Big iron on his [C] hip
 
[Verse 2] - - - It was [C] early in the morning when he [Am] rode into the town.  He came [C] ridin' from the south side slowly lookin' all [Am] around.  He's an [F] outlaw loose and runnin' came the [C] whisper from each lip,  And he's here to do some business with the [Am] big iron on his hip. - - - [F] big iron on his [C] hip
 
[Verse 3] - - - In this [C] town there lived an outlaw by the [Am] name of Texas Red.  Many [C] men had tried to take him, and that many men were [Am] dead.  He was [F] vicious and a killer though a [C] youth of twenty four,  And the notches on his pistol numbered [Am] one and nineteen more. - - - [F] One and nineteen [C] more.
 
[Verse 4] - - - Now the [C] stranger started talking, made it [Am] plain to folks around, He was an [C] Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in [Am] town.  He came [F] here to take an outlaw back [C] alive or maybe dead.  And he said it didn't matter, he was [Am] after Texas Red. - - - [F] After Texas [C] Red
 
[Verse 5] - - - Wasn't [C] long before the story was [Am] relayed to Texas Red.  But the [C] outlaw didn't worry, men that tried before were [Am] dead.  Twenty [F] men had tried to take him, twenty [C] men had made a slip.  Twenty one would be the ranger with the [Am] big iron on his hip. - - - [F] Big iron on his [C] hip
 
[Verse 6] - - - The [C] morning passed so quickly, it was [Am] time for them to meet.  It was [C] twenty past eleven when they walked out in the [Am] street,  Folks were [F] watching from their windows, every-[C]-body held their breath.  They knew this handsome ranger was [Am] about to meet his death.  - - - [F] About to meet his [C] death
 
[Verse 7] - - - There was [C] forty feet between them when they [Am] stopped to make their play.  And the [C] swiftness of the ranger is still talked about [Am] today.  Texas [F] Red had not cleared leather 'fore a [C] bullet fairly ripped,  And the ranger's aim was deadly with the [Am] big iron on his hip.  - - - [F] Big iron on his [C] hip
 
[Verse 8] - - - It was [C] over in a moment and the [Am] folks had gathered round.  There [C] before them lay the body of the outlaw on the [Am] ground.  Oh, he [F] might have gone on living but he [C] made one fatal slip, When he tried to match the ranger with the [Am] big iron on his hip.   - - -  [F] Big iron on his [C] hip
 
[Outro] - - - Big - [F] - iron, big - [C] - iron
When he [C] tried to match the ranger with the [Am] big iron on his hip - - - [F] Big iron on his [C] hip
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