Big Iron Johnny Cash

Big Iron

Johnny Cash

Lawrence Berg

623
0:00 3:52
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: C
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| C | - | C | - |
| - | - |

[Verse 1]
           C                    Am
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
       C
Hardly spoke to folks around him,
                           Am
didn't have too much to say
       F
No one dared to ask his business,
       C
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

[Verse 2]
          C                         Am
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
        C
He came ridin' from the south side,
                         Am
slowly lookin' all around
        F
He's an outlaw loose and running,
         C
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

[Verse 3]
            C                             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
He was vicious and a killer,
         C
though a youth of twenty-four
                                       Am
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen
more
F                C
One and nineteen more

[Verse 4]
             C
Now the stranger started talking,
        Am
made it plain to folks around
          C
He was an Arizona Ranger,
                            Am
wouldn't be too long in town
        F                            C
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter,
       Am
he was after Texas Red
F           C
After Texas Red

[Verse 5]
        C
The morning passed so quickly,
       Am
it was time for them to meet
       C
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the
      Am
street
           F
Folks were watching from their windows,
     C
everybody held their breath
                                    Am
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
                      F
Was about to meet his death

[Verse 6]
C             C                              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
F                   C
The big iron on his hip

[Outro]
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

Bars

[Intro]
| C | - | C | - |
| - | - |

[Verse 1]
            | C -  | Am - |
| - - | C - | - Am | -  - |
| F - | C - | - -  | Am - |
| F C | - - |

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him,
didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business,
no one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip

[Verse 2]
            | C -  | Am - |
| - - | C - | - Am | -  - |
| F - | C - | - -  | Am - |
| F C | - - | -

It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
He came ridin' from the south side,
slowly lookin' all around
He's an outlaw loose and running,
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his
hip
Big iron on his hip

[Verse 3]
                C | -  Am |
| - - | - C | - - | Am -  |
| - F | - C | - - | -  Am |
| - - | F C | - - | - 

In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer,
though a youth of twenty-four
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen
more
One and nineteen more

[Verse 4]
                        C |
| -  Am | - - | - C | - - |
| Am -  | - F | - C | - - |
| -  Am | - F | C - | - - |

Now the stranger started talking,
made it plain to folks around
He was an Arizona Ranger,
wouldn't be too long in town
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter,
he was after Texas Red
After Texas Red

[Verse 5]
| C -  | Am - | - - | C - |
| - Am | -  - | F - | C - |
| - -  | Am - | - F |

The morning passed so quickly,
it was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the
street
Folks were watching from their windows,
everybody held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
Was about to meet his death

[Verse 6]
                    | C - |
| - C | -  Am | - - | - C |
| - - | Am -  | - F | - C |
| - - | -  Am | - F | C - |
| -

There was forty feet between them when they stopped to
make their play
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly
ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his
hip
The big iron on his hip

[Outro]
     F | - - | C - | - - |
| Am - | F C |

Big iron, big iron
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his
hip
The big iron on his hip

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