Big Iron (E Major)
Artist:
Marty Robbins
Genre:
Country
Strum Pattern:
DDDud
Roman Numerals:
I, IV, vi
Instrument:
Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]
Song Notes:
Recording @ YouTube
Entered by:
Leadpencil9
E
(E,G♯,B)
E
B
E
G♯
B
E
A
(A,C♯,E)
-
A
E
A
C♯
E
C♯m
(C♯,E,G♯)
4fr >
-
C♯
G♯
C♯
E
G♯
Intro
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E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
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C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
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E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
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Verse 1
{E}
To the
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town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine
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on the Major Sixth
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day
Hardly
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E
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on the Perfect Unison
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spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to
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on the Major Sixth
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say
No one
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dared to ask his business no one
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E
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on the Perfect Unison
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dared to make a slip
for the
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E
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on the Perfect Unison
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stranger there amongst them had a
[
C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
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big iron on his hip
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A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
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Big iron on his
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E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
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hiiiiiiiiip
Verse 2
It was
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on the Perfect Unison
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early in the morning when he rode into the
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town
He came
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riding from the south side slowly lookin' all a-
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Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
round
He's an
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on the Perfect Fourth
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outlaw loose and running came the
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on the Perfect Unison
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whisper from each lip
And he's
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on the Perfect Unison
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here to do some business with the
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C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
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big iron on his hip
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A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
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Big iron on his
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on the Perfect Unison
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hiiiiiiiiip
Verse 3
In this
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town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas
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Red
Many
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men had tried to take him and that many men were
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on the Major Sixth
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dead
He was
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on the Perfect Fourth
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vicious and a killer though a
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on the Perfect Unison
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youth of twenty four
And the
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notches on his pistol numbered
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one an nineteen more
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One and nineteen
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moooooooooore
Verse 4
Now the
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Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
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stranger started talking made it plain to folks a-
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on the Major Sixth
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round
Was an
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on the Perfect Unison
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Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in
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C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
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town
He came
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on the Perfect Fourth
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here to take an outlaw back a-
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on the Perfect Unison
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live or maybe dead
And he
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on the Perfect Unison
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said it didn't matter he was
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on the Major Sixth
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after Texas Red
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on the Perfect Fourth
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After Texas
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on the Perfect Unison
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Reeeeeeeeeed
Verse 5
Wasn't
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on the Perfect Unison
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long before the story was relayed to Texas
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Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
Red
But the
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on the Perfect Unison
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outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were
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C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
dead
Twenty
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on the Perfect Fourth
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men had tried to take twenty
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on the Perfect Unison
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men had made a slip
Twenty
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on the Perfect Unison
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one would be the ranger with the
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C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
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big iron on his hip
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A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
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Big iron on his
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on the Perfect Unison
]
hiiiiiiiiip
Verse 6
The
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on the Perfect Unison
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morning passed so quickly it was time for them to
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meet
It was
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on the Perfect Unison
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twenty past eleven when they walked out in the
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street
Folks were
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on the Perfect Fourth
]
watching from their windows every-
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on the Perfect Unison
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body held their breath
They
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on the Perfect Unison
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knew this handsome ranger was
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C♯m
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on the Major Sixth
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about to meet his death
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on the Perfect Fourth
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About to meet his
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on the Perfect Unison
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deaaaaaaaath
Verse 7
There was
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on the Perfect Unison
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forty feet between them when they stopped to make their
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on the Major Sixth
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play
And the
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swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-
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on the Major Sixth
]
day
Texas
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on the Perfect Fourth
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Red had not cleared leather when a
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on the Perfect Unison
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bullet fairly ripped
And the
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Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
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rangers aim was deadly with the
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C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
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big iron on his hip
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A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
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Big iron on his
[
E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
hiiiiiiiiip
Verse 8
It was
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E
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on the Perfect Unison
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over in a moment and the folks had gathered
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on the Major Sixth
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'round
There
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Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
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before them lay the body of the outlaw on the
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C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
ground
Oh he
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A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
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might have gone on living but he
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on the Perfect Unison
]
made one fatal slip
When he
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E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
tried to match the ranger with the
[
C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
big iron on his hip
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Big iron on his
[
E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
hiiiiiiiiip
Outro
Big
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C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
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iron, Big
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E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
iron
When he
[
E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
tried to match the ranger with the
[
C♯m
Minor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth
]
big iron on his hip
[
A
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Big iron on his
[
E
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
hip
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