Marty Robbins - Big iron

To^C the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine ^Amday Hardly spo^Cke to folks around him didn't have too much to ^Amsay No one ^Fdared to ask his business no one ^Cdared to make a slip for the stranger there amongst them had a ^Ambig iron on his hip B^Fig iron on his ^Chip

I^Ct was early in the morning when he rode into the ^Amtown He came ^Criding from the south side slowly lookin' all ^Amaround He's an ^Foutlaw loose and running came the ^Cwhisper from each lip And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip b^Fig iron on his ^Chip

In^C this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas ^AmRed Many ^Cmen had tried to take him and that many men were ^Amdead He was ^Fvicious and a killer though a ^Cyouth of twenty four And the notches on his pistol numbered ^Amone an nineteen more ^FOne and nineteen ^Cmore

Now^C the stranger started talking made it plain to folks ^Amaround Was an ^CArizona ranger wouldn't be too long in ^Amtown He came ^Fhere to take an outlaw ^Cback alive or maybe dead And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas R^Amed A^Ffter Texas ^CRed

W^Casn't long before the story was relayed to Texas ^AmRed But the ^Coutlaw didn't worry men that tried before were ^Amdead Twenty ^Fmen had tried to take twenty ^Cmen had made a slip Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his ^Amhip ^FBig iron on his ^Chip

^CThe morning passed so quickly it was time for them to ^Ammeet It was ^Ctwenty past eleven when they walked out in the ^Amstreet Folks were ^Fwatching from their windows every-^Cbody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his ^Amdeath ^FAbout to meet his ^Cdeath

Th^Cere was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their ^Amplay And the ^Cswiftness of the ranger is still talked about ^Amto-day Texas ^FRed had not cleared leather when a ^Cbullet fairly ripped And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his ^Amhip B^Fig iron on his ^Chip

^CIt was over in a moment and the folks had gathered ^Amround There be^Cfore them lay the body of the outlaw on the ^Amground Oh he ^Fmight have gone on living but he ^Cmade one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his ^Amhip ^FBig iron on his ^Chip

^FBig iron Big ^Ciron When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his ^Amhip