Verse 1
C To the town of Agua Fria rode a Am stranger one fine day
Hardly C spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to Am say
No one dared to ask his F business, no one C dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them had a Am big iron on his hip
F Big iron on his C hip
Verse 2
It was early in the mornin' when he Am rode into the town
He came C riding from the south side slowly lookin' all aAmround
He's an F outlaw loose and runnin' came the C whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with the Am big iron on his hip
F Big iron on his C hip
Verse 3
In this town there lived an outlaw by the Am name of Texas Red
Many C men had tried to take him and that many men were Am dead
He was F vicious and a killer, though a C youth of twenty-four
And the notches on his pistol numbered Am one and nineteen more
F One and nineteen C more
Verse 4
Now the stranger started talking made it Am plain to folks around
He was an C Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in Am town
He came F here to take an outlaw back aClive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter he was Am after Texas Red
F After Texas C Red
Verse 5
The mornin' passed so quickly, it was Am time for them to meet
It was C twenty past eleven when they walked out in the Am street
Folks were F watchin' from their windows, everybody held their C breath
They knew this handsome ranger was aAmbout to meet his death
Was aFbout to meet his C death
Verse 6
There was forty feet between them when they Am stopped to make their play
And the C swiftness of the ranger is still talked about toAmday Texas F
Red had not cleared leather when a C bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly with the Am big iron on his hip
The F big iron on his C hip
Outro
Big F iron, big C iron
When he tried to match the ranger with the Am big iron on his hip
The F big iron on his C hip