Big Iron Chords by Mike Ness

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[Cm] _ [Eb] To the town _ _
[Cm] Train one fine _ day
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No _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ one
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ It _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ was _ early in the morning [Cm] when he wrote in town
_ _ He [Eb] came riding from Southside slowly looking [Cm] all _ around _ _
_ [Ab] He's an outlaw sitting one hand [Eb] and a whisper from each lap
He's out to do some business [C] with the big out on his head
[Ab] big out [Eb] on his head _
_ In the town that lived out far [Cm] by the name of Texas Red
_ _ _ [Eb] Many men had tried to take him and many [Cm] men were dead
_ _ _ _ He [Ab] was vicious and a killer of [Eb] all the youth of 24
And a notionalist pistol [Cm] number one 19 more
[Ab] _ [Eb] 119 more _ _ _
_ Now the stranger started talking [Cm] and he pointed both around _ _
_ [Eb] Was there a ranger would be too [Cm] long in town? _ _
_ _ He [Ab] came in and taken out all [Eb] back along
Maybe dead
He said it didn't matter
[Cm] He was out to Texas Red
[Ab] Out to [Eb] Texas _ Red _ _ _
Wasn't long before the story [Cm] was related to Texas Red
_ But [Eb] the outlaw didn't worry men that tried [Cm] before were dead _ _ _
_ [Ab] 20 men had tried to take [Eb] 20 men had made a slip
One would be the ranger [C] with big out on his head
[Ab] big out [Eb] on his head _
_ _ _ The morning passed so quickly [Cm] it was time for them to meet
_ _ [D] It [Eb] was 20 past 11 when they walk out [Cm] on the street
_ _ [C] Folks [Ab] were watching from the windows [Eb] everybody held their breath
But they knew that little ranger [Cm] was about to meet his death
[Ab] About to [Eb] meet his death _ _ _
It was 40 feet between them [Cm] when they stopped to make their play _
And [Eb] the swiftness of the ranger still talked [C] about [Cm] _ today
Texas _ _ [Ab] Red had not cleared leather [Eb] when a bullet barely ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly [C] with a big out on his head
[Ab] big out [Eb] on his head
_ _ It was a wild moment [C] and the folks had gathered round _ _ _
[Eb] There before them lay the body of the outlaw [Cm] on the ground _ _ _
[C] _ [Ab] Oh he might have gone living [Eb] but he made one final slip
They tried to match the ranger with [C] a big out on his head
[Ab] big out [Eb] on his _ _ _ head
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They tried to match the ranger [Cm] with a big out on his head
[Ab] big out [Eb] on his _ _ head _ _
[Ab] They _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ tried to match the ranger [Cm] with a big out on his head
[Ab] big out [Eb] on his head _ _ _ _
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