Johnny Cash – Big Iron (Guitar)

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To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day

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Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say

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No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip

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For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip

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Big iron on his hip

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It was early in the morning when he rode into the town

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He came riding from the south side, slowly looking all around

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He's an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip

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And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip

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Big iron on his hip

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In this town, there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red

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Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead 

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He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty-four

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And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more

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One and nineteen more

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Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around

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He was an Arizona Ranger, wouldn't be too long in town

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He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead

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And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red

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After Texas Red

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The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet

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It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street

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Folks were watching from their windows, everybody held their breath

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They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death

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Was about to meet his death

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There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play

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And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today

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Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped

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And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip

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The big iron on his hip

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Big iron,   big iron

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When he tried to match the ranger

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With the big iron on his hip

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The big iron on his hip