Big Iron

Big Iron: Chords

Intro:
DO#m            SOL#7  DO#m

       MI                       DO#m       
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
       MI
Hardly spoke to folks around him, 
                        DO#m
didn't have too much to say
       LA   
No one dared to ask his business, 
       MI
no one dared to make a slip
                       
For the stranger there among them 
      DO#m
had a big iron on his hip
LA              MI   
Big iron on his hip
  
       MI
It was early in the morning 
        DO#m
when he rode into the town
        MI 
He came riding from the south side 
                    DO#m
slowly lookin' all around
        LA     
He's an outlaw loose and running, 
         MI
came the whisper from each lip
                
And he's here to do some business 
         DO#m
with the big iron on his hip
LA              MI
Big iron on his hip

        MI
In this town there lived an outlaw 
       DO#m
by the name of Texas Red
     MI
Many men had tried to take him 
                       DO#
and that many men were dead
       LA                            MI
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of 24
                                       DO#m
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and 19 more
LA         MI
One and 19 more

        MI
Now the stranger started talking, 
        DO#m
made it plain to folks around
       MI                                      DO#m
Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town
        LA
He came here to take an outlaw 
      MI
back alive or maybe dead
                                    DO#m
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
LA          MI
After Texas Red

       MI                          DO#m
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
        MI 
But the outlaw didn't worry men 
                       DO#m
that tried before were dead
   LA                            MI
20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip
                                DO#m
21 would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
LA              MI
Big iron on his hip

    MI
The morning passed so quickly, 
       DO#m
it was time for them to meet
       MI                                     DO#m
It was 20 past 11 when they walked out in the street
           LA
Folks were watching from the windows, 
     MI
everybody held their breath
                       
They knew this handsome ranger 
     DO#m
was about to meet his death
 LA               MI
About to meet his death

          MI
There was 40 feet between them 
          DO#m
when they stopped to make their play
        MI
And the swiftness of the ranger 
                        DO#m
is still talked about today
      LA             
Texas Red had not cleared leather 
        MI
'fore a bullet fairly ripped
                         
And the ranger's aim was deadly 
         DO#m
with the big iron on his hip
LA              MI
Big iron on his hip

       MI
It was over in a moment 
        DO#m
and the folks had gathered round
        MI
There before them lay the body 
                     DO#m
of the outlaw on the ground
       LA
Oh, he might have went on living 
       MI
but he made one fatal slip
                         
When he tried to match the ranger 
         DO#m
with the big iron on his hip
LA              MI
Big iron on his hip
    LA        MI
Big iron, big iron
     
When he tried to match the ranger 
         DO#m
with the big iron on his hip
LA              MI      DO#m    
Big iron on his hip...

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Chitarra Acustica

Big Iron è un brano scritto e interpretato da Marty Robbins, all'anagrafe Martin David Robinson, contenuto nell'album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs pubblicato nel 1959. Quinto lavoro in studio per il cantautore dell'Arizona, rappresenta l'apice della sua popolarità tanto da vincere un Grammy Award nel 1961 come "Miglior artista Country". La canzone è il brano d'apertura del lato A e racconta di un classico duello tra pistoleri del Far West; nacque quando Robbins, entrato in un negozio di armi, si innamorò di una pistola del 1860.

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Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).