Chords for Jerry Reed-You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Tempo:
159.05 bpm
Chords used:
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F
C
Eb
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
Well now, uptown's got its hustlers, and the fire done got its bombs.
Quarter Second Street got Big Jim on, cause he's a good shooting son of a gun.
[Bb] He ain't big and he's dumb, and any man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
And [C] when the bad folks all [Bb] get together at night, you [C] know they all call Big [Dm] Jim boss.
[F] And they say, you [Bb] don't tug on [D] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in [A] the wind,
you [Bb] don't pull the mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't mess around [F] with Jim.
[C] Well [F] out of South Alabama come a country boy, he said I'm looking for a man named Jim.
I'm a good shooting boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down home they call me Slim.
[Bb] I'm looking for the king of Quarter Second Street, he's got a drop top Cadillac.
[C] Last week he took my money, [Bb] and it may sound funny, but [C] I come to get my money [Bb] back,
and everybody [F]
says, hey Jack, you [Bb] don't tug on [Ab] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
[Am] you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't mess around [F] with Jim.
[C]
[Fm] Well a hush [F] fell over that old roof, Jimmy come bopping in off the street.
And when the cutting was done, the only part that wasn't bloody was [F] sold to the big man feet.
He [Bb] was cutting about a hundred paces, and he was shot in a couple of moats.
And [C] you better believe this [Bb] song a different kind of story, [C] when big Jim hit [Bb] the floor, [Eb] and I'll [F] say,
[C] you [Bb] don't tug on [C] Superman's cape, and you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't [Bb] mess around [F] with Slim.
Yeah, [F] you got it brother.
That big Jim, he done got what left of his hat.
And put it on what left of his head, and he hit the street.
You [Bb] don't tug on [F] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, and you don't mess around [F] with Slim.
Now you got a little sense you know.
You see what that little skinny fella did to Jim?
He beat his [Eb] brains out.
I mean, mostly out of his head.
Say, where's Jim going anyway?
Oh, Jim loved him.
Well now, uptown's got its hustlers, and the fire done got its bombs.
Quarter Second Street got Big Jim on, cause he's a good shooting son of a gun.
[Bb] He ain't big and he's dumb, and any man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
And [C] when the bad folks all [Bb] get together at night, you [C] know they all call Big [Dm] Jim boss.
[F] And they say, you [Bb] don't tug on [D] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in [A] the wind,
you [Bb] don't pull the mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't mess around [F] with Jim.
[C] Well [F] out of South Alabama come a country boy, he said I'm looking for a man named Jim.
I'm a good shooting boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down home they call me Slim.
[Bb] I'm looking for the king of Quarter Second Street, he's got a drop top Cadillac.
[C] Last week he took my money, [Bb] and it may sound funny, but [C] I come to get my money [Bb] back,
and everybody [F]
says, hey Jack, you [Bb] don't tug on [Ab] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
[Am] you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't mess around [F] with Jim.
[C]
[Fm] Well a hush [F] fell over that old roof, Jimmy come bopping in off the street.
And when the cutting was done, the only part that wasn't bloody was [F] sold to the big man feet.
He [Bb] was cutting about a hundred paces, and he was shot in a couple of moats.
And [C] you better believe this [Bb] song a different kind of story, [C] when big Jim hit [Bb] the floor, [Eb] and I'll [F] say,
[C] you [Bb] don't tug on [C] Superman's cape, and you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't [Bb] mess around [F] with Slim.
Yeah, [F] you got it brother.
That big Jim, he done got what left of his hat.
And put it on what left of his head, and he hit the street.
You [Bb] don't tug on [F] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, and you don't mess around [F] with Slim.
Now you got a little sense you know.
You see what that little skinny fella did to Jim?
He beat his [Eb] brains out.
I mean, mostly out of his head.
Say, where's Jim going anyway?
Oh, Jim loved him.
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_ _ Well now, uptown's got its hustlers, _ and the fire done got its bombs.
_ _ Quarter Second Street got Big Jim on, cause he's a good shooting son of a gun.
_ [Bb] He ain't big and he's dumb, and any man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
And [C] when the bad folks all [Bb] get together at night, you [C] know they all call Big [Dm] Jim boss.
_ _ [F] _ And they say, you [Bb] don't tug on [D] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in [A] the wind,
you [Bb] don't pull the mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't mess around [F] with Jim. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Well [F] out of South Alabama come a country boy, he said I'm looking for a man named Jim. _
I'm a good shooting boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down home they call me Slim. _
[Bb] I'm looking for the king of Quarter Second Street, he's got a drop top Cadillac. _ _
[C] Last week he took my money, [Bb] and it may sound funny, but [C] I come to get my money [Bb] back,
and everybody [F]
says, hey Jack, you _ _ [Bb] don't tug on [Ab] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
[Am] _ you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't mess around [F] with Jim. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] Well a hush [F] fell over that old roof, _ Jimmy come bopping in off the street.
And when the cutting was done, the only part that wasn't bloody was [F] sold to the big man feet.
He [Bb] was cutting about a hundred paces, _ and he was shot in a couple of moats.
And [C] you better believe this [Bb] song a different kind of story, [C] when big Jim hit [Bb] the floor, [Eb] and I'll [F] say, _ _
[C] _ you [Bb] don't tug on [C] Superman's cape, and you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't [Bb] mess around [F] with Slim.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, [F] you got it brother.
_ _ That big Jim, he done got what left of his hat. _
And put it on what left of his head, _ _ and he hit the street.
_ _ You [Bb] don't tug on [F] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
_ you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, and you don't mess around [F] with Slim. _ _
_ Now you got a little sense you know. _
_ _ You see what that little skinny fella did to Jim?
_ _ _ _ He beat his _ [Eb] brains out.
_ _ I mean, mostly out of his head. _ _ _
_ Say, where's Jim going anyway? _ _
Oh, Jim loved him. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well now, uptown's got its hustlers, _ and the fire done got its bombs.
_ _ Quarter Second Street got Big Jim on, cause he's a good shooting son of a gun.
_ [Bb] He ain't big and he's dumb, and any man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
And [C] when the bad folks all [Bb] get together at night, you [C] know they all call Big [Dm] Jim boss.
_ _ [F] _ And they say, you [Bb] don't tug on [D] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in [A] the wind,
you [Bb] don't pull the mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't mess around [F] with Jim. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Well [F] out of South Alabama come a country boy, he said I'm looking for a man named Jim. _
I'm a good shooting boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down home they call me Slim. _
[Bb] I'm looking for the king of Quarter Second Street, he's got a drop top Cadillac. _ _
[C] Last week he took my money, [Bb] and it may sound funny, but [C] I come to get my money [Bb] back,
and everybody [F]
says, hey Jack, you _ _ [Bb] don't tug on [Ab] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
[Am] _ you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't mess around [F] with Jim. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] Well a hush [F] fell over that old roof, _ Jimmy come bopping in off the street.
And when the cutting was done, the only part that wasn't bloody was [F] sold to the big man feet.
He [Bb] was cutting about a hundred paces, _ and he was shot in a couple of moats.
And [C] you better believe this [Bb] song a different kind of story, [C] when big Jim hit [Bb] the floor, [Eb] and I'll [F] say, _ _
[C] _ you [Bb] don't tug on [C] Superman's cape, and you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, [C] and you don't [Bb] mess around [F] with Slim.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, [F] you got it brother.
_ _ That big Jim, he done got what left of his hat. _
And put it on what left of his head, _ _ and he hit the street.
_ _ You [Bb] don't tug on [F] Superman's cape, you [Bb] don't spit in the [F] wind,
_ you [Bb] don't pull that mask off the old old Ranger, and you don't mess around [F] with Slim. _ _
_ Now you got a little sense you know. _
_ _ You see what that little skinny fella did to Jim?
_ _ _ _ He beat his _ [Eb] brains out.
_ _ I mean, mostly out of his head. _ _ _
_ Say, where's Jim going anyway? _ _
Oh, Jim loved him. _ _ _ _ _
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