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Version 1Johnny Cash - Big Iron Unearthed: Redemption Songs (2003) Original in C "." indicates that the previous chord is played again. --- [Verse 1] C . Am . . . To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day C . . Am . . Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say F . C . No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip C . 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 . . Am . . He came riding from the south side, slowly looking all around F . C . He's an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip C . 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 . C . He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty-four C . Am . . And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more F C . . . One and nineteen more [Verse 4] C . Am Am . . Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around C . . Am . . He was an Arizona Ranger, wouldn't be too long in town F . C . He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead C . Am . And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red F C . . . After Texas Red [Verse 5] C . Am . . . The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet C . . Am . . It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street F . C . Folks were watching from their windows, everybody held their breath C . Am . . They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death F C . . Was about to meet his death [Verse 6] 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 C . 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 C . When he tried to match the ranger Am . With the big iron on his hip F C . . . The big iron on his hip