Chords for Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim | Demo Tapes
Tempo:
170.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
Bm
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [E]
up town got its hustlers, Bowery got it bombs, 42nd street got big jim walker he's a bull
[A] shooting son of a gun [Gm] [E] yeah he [A] big and dumb as a man can come but he's stronger than a
country horse [B] and when the bad [Bm] folks [A] all get together at [Bm] night you know they're all called
big [E] jim [Am] falls just [E] because they say [A] you don't tug on [E] superman's [Em] cape you [A] don't spit into the [E]
[A] wind
you don't pull the mask off a [Bm] old lone ranger and you don't [Em] mess around [E] with jim
[A] [E] [Bm]
[E] well out of south alabama come a country boy said i'm looking for a man named jim
i am a bull shooting boy my name is willie [D] mccoy but [Em] down home they call me [G] slim
[A] yeah i'm looking for the king of 42nd street he drive on a drop top cadillac [Bm] last week he took
all my [A] money and it may sound [B] funny but i come to get my [Am] money [Em] back and everybody say jack [A] don't
you know [G] you [A] don't tug on [Em] superman's cape you [A] don't spit into the wind [G] you [A] don't pull the [D] mask
[A] ranger [B] and you don't mess [E] around with jim
[A]
[Bm] [A] well [G] [E] a hush fell over the pool room and jimmy come bobbing in off the street
and when the cutting was done the only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet
[A] yeah he was cutting about a hundred places and he was shot in a couple more [D] and [B] you better [Bm] believe
[E]
kind of story [Bm] when the big jim hit [A] the floor oh [Em] they're [E] saying you [A] don't tug on superman's cape
you don't spit into [E] the wind you [A] don't pull [D] the mask off [A] a long [Bm] ranger and you don't mess [G] around
[E] with slim yeah big jim got his hat find out where his hat is not hustling people strange to you
even if you do got a two-piece custom mini pool cue
[Em] you don't tug on superman's cape [A] you don't spit into the wind you don't pull
the mask off a [Bm] long ranger and you [E] don't mess around with slim
[A] [E]
[N]
[A] [E]
up town got its hustlers, Bowery got it bombs, 42nd street got big jim walker he's a bull
[A] shooting son of a gun [Gm] [E] yeah he [A] big and dumb as a man can come but he's stronger than a
country horse [B] and when the bad [Bm] folks [A] all get together at [Bm] night you know they're all called
big [E] jim [Am] falls just [E] because they say [A] you don't tug on [E] superman's [Em] cape you [A] don't spit into the [E]
[A] wind
you don't pull the mask off a [Bm] old lone ranger and you don't [Em] mess around [E] with jim
[A] [E] [Bm]
[E] well out of south alabama come a country boy said i'm looking for a man named jim
i am a bull shooting boy my name is willie [D] mccoy but [Em] down home they call me [G] slim
[A] yeah i'm looking for the king of 42nd street he drive on a drop top cadillac [Bm] last week he took
all my [A] money and it may sound [B] funny but i come to get my [Am] money [Em] back and everybody say jack [A] don't
you know [G] you [A] don't tug on [Em] superman's cape you [A] don't spit into the wind [G] you [A] don't pull the [D] mask
[A] ranger [B] and you don't mess [E] around with jim
[A]
[Bm] [A] well [G] [E] a hush fell over the pool room and jimmy come bobbing in off the street
and when the cutting was done the only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet
[A] yeah he was cutting about a hundred places and he was shot in a couple more [D] and [B] you better [Bm] believe
[E]
kind of story [Bm] when the big jim hit [A] the floor oh [Em] they're [E] saying you [A] don't tug on superman's cape
you don't spit into [E] the wind you [A] don't pull [D] the mask off [A] a long [Bm] ranger and you don't mess [G] around
[E] with slim yeah big jim got his hat find out where his hat is not hustling people strange to you
even if you do got a two-piece custom mini pool cue
[Em] you don't tug on superman's cape [A] you don't spit into the wind you don't pull
the mask off a [Bm] long ranger and you [E] don't mess around with slim
[A] [E]
[N]
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ up town got its hustlers, _ _ Bowery got it bombs, _ _ _ 42nd street got big jim walker he's a bull
[A] shooting son of a gun [Gm] _ [E] yeah he [A] big and dumb as a man can come but he's stronger than a
country horse _ [B] and when the bad [Bm] folks [A] all get together at [Bm] night you know they're all called
big [E] jim [Am] falls just _ [E] because _ _ they say [A] you don't tug on [E] superman's [Em] cape you [A] don't spit into the [E]
[A] wind
you don't pull the mask off a [Bm] old lone ranger and you don't [Em] mess around [E] with jim
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] well _ _ _ out of south alabama come a country boy said i'm looking for a man named jim
i am a bull shooting boy my name is willie [D] mccoy but [Em] down home they call me [G] slim
_ [A] yeah i'm looking for the king of 42nd street he drive on a drop top cadillac _ [Bm] last week he took
all my [A] money and it may sound [B] funny but i come to get my [Am] money [Em] back and everybody say jack [A] don't
you know [G] you [A] don't tug on [Em] superman's cape you [A] don't spit into the wind [G] you [A] don't pull the [D] mask
[A] _ _ ranger [B] and you don't mess [E] around with jim
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] well _ _ [G] [E] a hush fell over the pool room and jimmy come bobbing in off the street
and when the cutting was done the only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet
[A] yeah he was cutting about a hundred places and he was shot in a couple more [D] and [B] you better [Bm] believe
[E]
kind of story [Bm] when the big jim hit [A] the floor oh _ _ [Em] _ they're _ [E] saying you [A] don't tug on _ superman's cape
you don't spit into [E] the wind you [A] don't pull [D] the mask off [A] a long [Bm] ranger and you don't mess [G] around
[E] with slim _ _ _ _ _ _ _ yeah big jim got his hat _ find out where his hat is not hustling people strange to you
even if you do got a two-piece custom mini pool cue
_ _ [Em] _ you don't tug on superman's cape [A] you don't spit _ into the wind you don't pull
the mask off a [Bm] long ranger and you [E] don't mess around with slim _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ up town got its hustlers, _ _ Bowery got it bombs, _ _ _ 42nd street got big jim walker he's a bull
[A] shooting son of a gun [Gm] _ [E] yeah he [A] big and dumb as a man can come but he's stronger than a
country horse _ [B] and when the bad [Bm] folks [A] all get together at [Bm] night you know they're all called
big [E] jim [Am] falls just _ [E] because _ _ they say [A] you don't tug on [E] superman's [Em] cape you [A] don't spit into the [E]
[A] wind
you don't pull the mask off a [Bm] old lone ranger and you don't [Em] mess around [E] with jim
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] well _ _ _ out of south alabama come a country boy said i'm looking for a man named jim
i am a bull shooting boy my name is willie [D] mccoy but [Em] down home they call me [G] slim
_ [A] yeah i'm looking for the king of 42nd street he drive on a drop top cadillac _ [Bm] last week he took
all my [A] money and it may sound [B] funny but i come to get my [Am] money [Em] back and everybody say jack [A] don't
you know [G] you [A] don't tug on [Em] superman's cape you [A] don't spit into the wind [G] you [A] don't pull the [D] mask
[A] _ _ ranger [B] and you don't mess [E] around with jim
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] well _ _ [G] [E] a hush fell over the pool room and jimmy come bobbing in off the street
and when the cutting was done the only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet
[A] yeah he was cutting about a hundred places and he was shot in a couple more [D] and [B] you better [Bm] believe
[E]
kind of story [Bm] when the big jim hit [A] the floor oh _ _ [Em] _ they're _ [E] saying you [A] don't tug on _ superman's cape
you don't spit into [E] the wind you [A] don't pull [D] the mask off [A] a long [Bm] ranger and you don't mess [G] around
[E] with slim _ _ _ _ _ _ _ yeah big jim got his hat _ find out where his hat is not hustling people strange to you
even if you do got a two-piece custom mini pool cue
_ _ [Em] _ you don't tug on superman's cape [A] you don't spit _ into the wind you don't pull
the mask off a [Bm] long ranger and you [E] don't mess around with slim _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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