Tone: [C]
Capo: 4
[Intro]
[Am] [E] [Am]
[Verse1]
To the t[C]town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine d[Am]day
Hardly s[C]spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to s[Am]say
No one d[F]dared to ask his business no one d[C]dared to make a slip
for the stranger there amongst them had a b[Am]big iron on his hip
B[F]Big iron on his h[C]hip
[Verse2]
It was e[C]early in the morning when he rode into the t[Am]town
He came r[C]riding from the south side slowly lookin' all a[Am]around
He's an o[F]outlaw loose and running came the w[C]whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with the b[Am]big iron on his hip
b[F]big iron on his h[C]hip
[Verse3]
In this t[C]town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas R[Am]Red
Many m[C]men had tried to take him and that many men were d[Am]dead
He was v[F]vicious and a killer though a y[C]youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol numbered o[Am]one an nineteen more
O[F]One and nineteen m[C]more
[Verse4]
Now the s[C]stranger started talking made it plain to folks a[Am]around
Was an A[C]Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in t[Am]town
He came h[F]here to take an outlaw back a[C]alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter he was a[Am]after Texas Red
A[F]After Texas R[C]Red
[Verse5]
Wasn't lo[C]long before the story was relayed to Texas Re[Am]Red
But the o[C]outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were d[Am]dead
Twenty m[F]men had tried to take twenty m[C]men had made a slip
Twenty one would be the ranger with the b[Am]big iron on his hip
B[F]Big iron on his h[C]hip
[Verse6]
The m[C]morning passed so quickly it was time for them to m[Am]meet
It was t[C]twenty past eleven when they walked out in the s[Am]street
Folks were w[F]watching from their windows every-b[C]every-body held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger was a[Am]about to meet his death
A[F]About to meet his d[C]death
[Verse7]
There was f[C]forty feet between them when they stopped to make their
p[Am]play
And the s[C]swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-d[Am]to-day
Texas R[F]Red had not cleared leather when a b[C]bullet fairly ripped
And the rangers aim was deadly with the b[Am]big iron on his hip
B[F]Big iron on his h[C]hip
[Verse8]
It was o[C]over in a moment and the folks had gathered r[Am]round
There b[C]before them lay the body of the outlaw on the g[Am]ground
Oh he m[F]might have gone on living but he m[C]made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger with the b[Am]big iron on his hip
B[F]Big iron on his h[C]hip
[Outro]
Big i[F]iron Big [C]iron
When he t[C]tried to match the ranger with the b[Am]big iron on his hip
B[F]Big iron on his h[C]hip