"Big Iron" is a country ballad written and performed by Marty Robbins, originally released as an album track on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959
[Estrofe]
       C                       
To the town of Agua Fria rode a
 Am              
 stranger one fine day 
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 
Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say 
       F                            
No one dared to ask his business, no
     C  
 one dared to make a slip 
No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip 
        C                            
For the stranger there among them had
   Am  
 a big iron on his hip 
For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip 
F               C  
Big iron on his hip
[Estrofe]
       C                           
It was early in the morning when he
 Am  
 rode into the town 
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town 
        C                          
He came riding from the south side,
                     Am  
 slowly looking all around 
He came riding from the south side, slowly looking all around 
        F                        
He's an outlaw loose and running,
          C  
 came the whisper from each lip 
He's an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip 
         C                       
And he's here to do some business
          Am  
 with the big iron on his hip 
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip 
F               C  
Big iron on his hip
[Estrofe]
        C                          
In this town, there lived an outlaw
        Am  
 by the name of Texas Red 
In this town, there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red 
     C                            
Many men had tried to take him and
                    Am  
 that many men were dead  
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead  
       F                            
He was vicious and a killer though a
 C  
 youth of twenty-four 
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty-four 
        C                    
And the notches on his pistol
          Am  
 numbered one and nineteen
 more 
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more 
F                C  
One and nineteen more
[Estrofe]
        C                        
Now the stranger started talking,
         Am              Am   
 made it plain to folks around 
Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around 
          C                          
He was an Arizona Ranger, wouldn't be
             Am  
 too long in town 
He was an Arizona Ranger, wouldn't be too long in town 
        F                          
He came here to take an outlaw back
  C  
 alive or maybe dead 
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead 
       C                            
And he said it didn't matter, he was
 Am   
 after Texas Red 
And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red 
F           C  
After Texas Red
[Estrofe]
    C                                
The morning passed so quickly, it was
 Am  
 time for them to meet 
The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet 
       C                           
It was twenty past eleven when they
 .                 Am  
 walked out in the street 
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street 
           F                  
Folks were watching from their
               C  
 windows, everybody held their
 breath 
Folks were watching from their windows, everybody held their breath 
     C                            
They knew this handsome ranger was
  Am  
 about to meet his death 
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death 
     F                C  
Was about to meet his death
[Estrofe]
          C                      
There was forty feet between them
           Am  
 when they stopped to make their
 play 
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play 
        C                         
And the swiftness of the ranger is
                      Am  
 still talked about today 
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today 
      F                          
Texas Red had not cleared leather
        C   
 when a bullet fairly ripped 
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped 
        C                           
And the ranger's aim was deadly with
     Am  
 the big iron on his hip 
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