Chords for Don't Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce
Tempo:
82.5 bpm
Chords used:
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E
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B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Up town got his heart set,
down red got his funk.
He always said to speak up,
speak him up,
or one of these bullshits
is gonna [Em] look up.
[A] Can you see him,
so that the man can come,
stronger than a good red hawk.
[Bm] And when the bad folks [A] all
get together at [F#] night,
they all talk,
[E] you kill them all,
you took their cause.
[Em] And it [A] seems like love
[E] is a friendship.
[A] You don't see it [E] in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
[B] rain for him to pour.
[Em] And Jim,
let it be,
[B] [Em] what I'm talking about,
that's what I'm talking about.
Man's looking for a man named Jim,
I am a fool to shoot for,
my name is Willie McCoy,
but now I'm on that
[E] offensive.
[A] And I'm looking for the king,
I'm going to stick my feet up,
I'm going to drop down dead back,
[B] back to the top,
I'm [A] going to hand the kids their [B] money,
I'm going to show them
that they're my [A] boy,
and I'm glad,
[Em] that's what I'm saying.
And [A] it seems like love [E] is a friendship,
[A] you don't see [E] it in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
[B] rain for him to pour.
[E] And Jim,
[Em] let it be,
[B] [E] what I'm talking about,
that's what I'm talking about.
And I'm glad,
that's what I'm saying.
And when the push was done,
they only thought it was good,
it was a load of [Em] deep and deep,
[A] and he shot a hundred sixes,
and they shot him a couple more,
[B] and you'll never believe
[A] what a little guy like [B] Norah
went and beat him [A] in the floor.
[Em]
And it [A] seems like love [Em] is a [A]
[E] friendship,
[A] you don't see it in the [B]
[Bm] [E] wind,
you [B] don't know,
man's got a whole load of
rain for him [E] to pour.
And it [A] seems like love [E] is a friendship,
you don't see it [A] [E] in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
rain [B] for him to pour.
[Em] And it seems like love [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E] is
[Em] [A] [E]
down red got his funk.
He always said to speak up,
speak him up,
or one of these bullshits
is gonna [Em] look up.
[A] Can you see him,
so that the man can come,
stronger than a good red hawk.
[Bm] And when the bad folks [A] all
get together at [F#] night,
they all talk,
[E] you kill them all,
you took their cause.
[Em] And it [A] seems like love
[E] is a friendship.
[A] You don't see it [E] in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
[B] rain for him to pour.
[Em] And Jim,
let it be,
[B] [Em] what I'm talking about,
that's what I'm talking about.
Man's looking for a man named Jim,
I am a fool to shoot for,
my name is Willie McCoy,
but now I'm on that
[E] offensive.
[A] And I'm looking for the king,
I'm going to stick my feet up,
I'm going to drop down dead back,
[B] back to the top,
I'm [A] going to hand the kids their [B] money,
I'm going to show them
that they're my [A] boy,
and I'm glad,
[Em] that's what I'm saying.
And [A] it seems like love [E] is a friendship,
[A] you don't see [E] it in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
[B] rain for him to pour.
[E] And Jim,
[Em] let it be,
[B] [E] what I'm talking about,
that's what I'm talking about.
And I'm glad,
that's what I'm saying.
And when the push was done,
they only thought it was good,
it was a load of [Em] deep and deep,
[A] and he shot a hundred sixes,
and they shot him a couple more,
[B] and you'll never believe
[A] what a little guy like [B] Norah
went and beat him [A] in the floor.
[Em]
And it [A] seems like love [Em] is a [A]
[E] friendship,
[A] you don't see it in the [B]
[Bm] [E] wind,
you [B] don't know,
man's got a whole load of
rain for him [E] to pour.
And it [A] seems like love [E] is a friendship,
you don't see it [A] [E] in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
rain [B] for him to pour.
[Em] And it seems like love [E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E] is
[Em] [A] [E]
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Em
_ Up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ town got his heart set,
down red got his funk.
He always said to speak up,
speak him up,
or one of these bullshits
is gonna [Em] look up.
[A] Can you see him,
so that the man can come,
stronger than a good red hawk.
[Bm] And when the bad folks [A] all
get together at [F#] night,
they all talk,
[E] you kill them all,
you took their cause.
_ [Em] And it [A] seems like love
[E] is a friendship.
[A] You don't see it [E] in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
[B] rain for him to pour.
[Em] And Jim,
let it be,
[B] _ _ _ [Em] what I'm talking about,
that's what I'm talking about.
Man's looking for a man named Jim,
I am a fool to shoot for,
my name is Willie McCoy,
but now I'm on that
[E] offensive.
[A] And I'm looking for the king,
I'm going to stick my feet up,
I'm going to drop down dead back,
[B] back to the top,
I'm [A] going to hand the kids their [B] money,
I'm going to show them
that they're my [A] boy,
and I'm glad,
[Em] that's what I'm saying.
And [A] it seems like love [E] is a friendship,
[A] you don't see [E] it in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
[B] rain for him to pour.
[E] And Jim,
[Em] let it be,
_ [B] _ _ [E] what I'm talking about,
that's what I'm talking about.
And I'm glad,
that's what I'm saying.
And when the push was done,
they only thought it was good,
it was a load of [Em] deep and deep,
[A] and he shot a hundred sixes,
and they shot him a couple more,
[B] and you'll never believe
[A] what a little guy like [B] Norah
went and beat him [A] in the floor.
[Em] _
And it [A] seems like love [Em] is a [A] _
[E] friendship,
[A] you don't see it in the _ _ [B] _ _
[Bm] _ [E] wind, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ you [B] don't know,
man's got a whole load of
rain for him [E] to pour.
And it [A] seems like love [E] is a friendship,
you don't see it [A] _ _ [E] in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
rain [B] for him to pour.
[Em] _ And it seems like love [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] is _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
down red got his funk.
He always said to speak up,
speak him up,
or one of these bullshits
is gonna [Em] look up.
[A] Can you see him,
so that the man can come,
stronger than a good red hawk.
[Bm] And when the bad folks [A] all
get together at [F#] night,
they all talk,
[E] you kill them all,
you took their cause.
_ [Em] And it [A] seems like love
[E] is a friendship.
[A] You don't see it [E] in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
[B] rain for him to pour.
[Em] And Jim,
let it be,
[B] _ _ _ [Em] what I'm talking about,
that's what I'm talking about.
Man's looking for a man named Jim,
I am a fool to shoot for,
my name is Willie McCoy,
but now I'm on that
[E] offensive.
[A] And I'm looking for the king,
I'm going to stick my feet up,
I'm going to drop down dead back,
[B] back to the top,
I'm [A] going to hand the kids their [B] money,
I'm going to show them
that they're my [A] boy,
and I'm glad,
[Em] that's what I'm saying.
And [A] it seems like love [E] is a friendship,
[A] you don't see [E] it in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
[B] rain for him to pour.
[E] And Jim,
[Em] let it be,
_ [B] _ _ [E] what I'm talking about,
that's what I'm talking about.
And I'm glad,
that's what I'm saying.
And when the push was done,
they only thought it was good,
it was a load of [Em] deep and deep,
[A] and he shot a hundred sixes,
and they shot him a couple more,
[B] and you'll never believe
[A] what a little guy like [B] Norah
went and beat him [A] in the floor.
[Em] _
And it [A] seems like love [Em] is a [A] _
[E] friendship,
[A] you don't see it in the _ _ [B] _ _
[Bm] _ [E] wind, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ you [B] don't know,
man's got a whole load of
rain for him [E] to pour.
And it [A] seems like love [E] is a friendship,
you don't see it [A] _ _ [E] in the wind,
[A] you don't know,
man's got a whole load of
rain [B] for him to pour.
[Em] _ And it seems like love [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] is _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
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