3|C-D-e-F-G-G-G-F-e-e-e-D-C-|
3|------e-------e-------C---|
2|----------b-------b-------|
4|--e-F-G-b-b--bG-e-e-F-G--C|
3|G---C---G---G---e---C-----|
5|----C-------C-------C-----|
4|C---C-------------------e-|
4|------------G-------C-----|
3|G-e-------e-------e-------|
2|------b-------b-------b---|
4|e-Gbb---b-GFe---eFG-e-G-b-|
3|C---G---C---G---C-----G-a-|
5|C-------C-------C---D---C-|
4|--------------------G-b---|
3|--e---a---a---e-------e---|
2|------------------b-------|
5|-CC-C-C-C-C-C-C-----------|
4|-----------------bb-G-b---|
3|----e-------e-------C---G-|
2|b-------b-------b---------|
5|---------C----------------|
4|--e-G-b-b-G---e-e--FGC--C-|
3|--C---G---e---F---e-------|
5|----------ee--e-C-e-------|
4|--C-------ee--e-F-e-------|
4|----------bb--b---b-------|
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Quick guide on how to read the letter notes
The numbers in front of each line are the octave, each octave has an unique color so you can easily follow them.
Lowercase (a b c d e f g) letters are natural notes (white keys, a.k.a A B C D E F G ).
Uppercase (A C D F G) letters are the sharp notes (black keys a.k.a. A# C# D# F# G#), look at the image below to see where each letter note is on the piano keyboard.
The lines / dashes (-) between letters indicates timing to play the notes. Just listen to the audio file at the top of the post to figure out the time lenght of the dashes (usually 5-6 dashes is about 1 second)
RH / LH means Right Hand / Left Hand and it's mostly for people who play the piano, it tells them with what hand to play the lines. Also, if you want to play a easy version of the song, playing only the RH lines does exactly that, because on most songs RH notes are for melody and LH notes are for bass.
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
ReplyDeleteHardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four
And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more
One and nineteen more
Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around
Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town
He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
After Texas Red
Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
Twenty men had tried to take him twenty men had made a slip
Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
Folks were watching from the windows every-body held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
About to meet his death
There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play
And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
Texas Red had not cleared leather fore a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
Oh he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip
Big iron Big iron
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip