You Don't Mess Around With Jim

You Don't Mess Around With Jim easy guitar chords by Jim Croce

N/AFolk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Uptown 
    got 
    it's 
    hustlers 

    The 
    bowery 
    got 
    it's 
    bums 

    42nd 
    street 
    got 
    big 
    Jim 
    Walker 

    He's 
    pool 
    shootin' 
    son 
    of 
    gun 

    Yeah, 
    he 
    big 
    and 
    dumb 
    as 
    man 
    can 
    come 

    But 
    he's 
    stronger 
    than 
    country 
    hoss 

    And 
    when 
    the 
    bad 
    folks 

    all 
    get 
    to
    gether 
    at 
    night 

    You 
    know 
    they 
    all 
    call 
    big 
    Jim 
    boss, 

    just 
    be
    cause 

    And 
    they 
    say 

    Chorus 1
    You 
    don't 
    tug 
    on 
    superman's 
    cape 

    You 
    don't 
    spit 
    into 
    the 
    wind 

    You 
    don't 
    pull 
    the 
    mask 

    off 
    that 
    old 
    lone 
    ranger 

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    mess 
    around 
    with 
    Jim 


    Verse 2
    Well 
    out
    ta 
    south 
    Alabama 

    come 
    country 
    boy 

    He 
    said 
    I'm 
    lookin' 
    for 
    man 
    named 
    Jim 

    am 
    pool 
    shootin' 
    boy 

    My 
    name 
    Willie 
    McCoy 

    But 
    down 
    home 
    they 
    call 
    me 
    Slim 

    Yeah 
    I'm 
    lookin' 
    for 

    the 
    king 
    of 
    42nd 
    street 

    He 
    drivin' 
    drop 
    top 
    Cadillac 

    Last 
    week 
    he 
    took 
    all 
    my 
    money 

    And 
    it 
    may 
    sound 
    funny 

    But 
    come 
    to 
    get 
    my 
    money 
    back 

    And 
    everybody 
    say 
    Jack 
    don't 
    you 
    know 

    Chorus 2
    And 
    you 
    don't 
    tug 
    on 
    superman's 
    cape 

    You 
    don't 
    spit 
    into 
    the 
    wind 

    You 
    don't 
    pull 
    the 
    mask 

    off 
    that 
    old 
    lone 
    ranger 

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    mess 
    around 
    with 
    Jim 


    Verse 3
    Well 
    hush 
    fell 
    over 
    the 
    pool 
    room 

    And 
    Jimmy 
    come 
    boppin' 
    in 
    off 
    of 
    the 
    street 

    And 
    when 
    the 
    cuttin' 
    were 
    done 

    The 
    only 
    part 
    that 
    wasn't 
    bloody 

    Was 
    the 
    soles 
    of 
    the 
    big 
    man's 
    feet 

    Yeah 
    he 
    were 
    cut 
    in 
    bout 

    hundred 
    places 

    And 
    he 
    were 
    shot 
    in 
    couple 
    more 

    And 
    you 
    better 
    believe 

    they 
    sung 
    different 
    kind 
    of 
    story 

    when 
    big 
    Jim 
    hit 
    the 
    floor 

    Now 
    they 
    say 

    Chorus 3
    You 
    don't 
    tug 
    on 
    superman's 
    cape 

    You 
    don't 
    spit 
    into 
    the 
    wind 

    You 
    don't 
    pull 
    the 
    mask 

    off 
    that 
    old 
    lone 
    ranger 

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    mess 
    around 
    with 
    Slim 

    Bridge 1
    Yeah, 
    big 
    Jim 
    got 
    his 
    hat 

    Find 
    out 
    where 
    it's 
    at 

    And 
    its 
    not 
    hustlin' 
    people 
    strange 
    to 
    you 

    Even 
    if 
    you 
    do 
    got 
    two 
    piece 

    custom 
    made 
    pool 
    cue 

    Chorus 4
    Yeah 
    you 
    don't 
    tug 
    on 
    superman's 
    cape 

    You 
    don't 
    spit 
    into 
    the 
    wind 

    You 
    don't 
    pull 
    the 
    mask 

    off 
    that 
    old 
    lone 
    ranger 

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    mess 
    around 
    with 
    Slim 

    Outro 1


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