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DO LAm
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
FA DO
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
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for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip
FA DO
Big iron on his hip
DO LAm
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
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He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
FA DO
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
FA DO
big iron on his hip
DO LAm
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 an nineteen more
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One and nineteen more
DO LAm
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
DO LAm
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
FA DO
After Texas Red
DO LAm
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
DO LAm
But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
FA DO
Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip
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Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
FA DO
Big iron on his hip
DO LAm
The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
DO LAm
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
FA DO
Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath
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They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
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About to meet his death
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There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their
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play
DO LAm
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day
FA DO
Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
LAm
And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
FA DO
Big iron on his hip
DO LAm
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
DO LAm
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
FA DO
Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip
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When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
FA DO
Big iron on his hip
Big iron Big iron
DO LAm
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
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