Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs cover

Big Iron

Favorite

Marty Robbins

Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959)countryTop 5%3:55Spotify YouTube Apple Music SoundCloud

Key: variesTempo: variesTime signature: 4/4

Choose a version

Compare every playable arrangement, then open the exact version that has the parts you need.

95%4 tracks · 8,714 notes · C# minor · 116 BPM· 3:55Recommended

Practice Play

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Bass

Drums

67%3 tracks · 11,455 notes · E major · 230 BPM· 3:57

Practice Play

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Guitar 3

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —4 tracks · 3:55

About this song

Big Iron by Marty Robbins, 4/4 time. This 4-track arrangement runs 3:55 (Acoustic guitar (steel), Electric guitar (clean), Acoustic bass, and Drums). 2 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

How hard each detected part is to play in the recommended version.

DrumsAdvanced

11.41 notes/sec

GuitarAdvanced

19.96 notes/sec

BassIntermediate

2.04 notes/sec

Chord progressionsestimated

Roman numerals (transposable to any key) over the actual chords. Play a section, or hover any chord for its piano & guitar shape and a play button.

Section

Similar songs

More country songs with a related key or comparable tempo.

Jolene
Dolly Parton5 versions · C# minor · 111 BPM
Guitar
Bass
Other
Drums
Friends in Low Places
Garth Brooks5 versions · A major · 110 BPM
Guitar
Bass
Other
Drums
Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett4 versions · D major · 128 BPM
Guitar
Bass
Keys
Other
Drums
Mister Sandman
Chet Atkins8 versions · A major · 110 BPM
Guitar
Personal Jesus
Johnny Cash2 versions · E minor · 126 BPM
Guitar
Drums
Amarillo by Morning
George Strait5 versions · D major · 120 BPM
Guitar
Bass
Keys
Other

Featured in

Big Iron appears on the soundtrack of Fallout: New Vegas, Music Inspired by Fallout New Vegas.