Chords for Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Tempo:
164.05 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

B

Em

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim chords
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Up down got his hustlers
Wow, they got it bump
40 seconds.
We got [Em] big Jim Walker.
He was shooting son of a [Gm] gun
[A] Yeah, you begin dumb as a man can come but it's stronger than a good tree hop
[B] And when the bad folks all [A] get together [E] at night, you know, they're all
Big [A] Jim ball just [E] pick up and [C#m] you see you [A] don't tug on Superman [E] cape
You don't speed into [E] the wind you [A] don't pull a mask on the old old [F#] Ranger and you don't move around with [Em] Jim
[A]
[B] What [Em] Alabama from a country boy
[E]
Man, they Jim I am a cool shooting boy.
My name is Willie McCoy, but down home they call me slim
[A] Yeah, I'm looking [D] for the king of [A] 40 seconds
[D]
[A] [E] Last [B] week you took all my money [A] and if it's out funny [B] boy, I'm going to get my money [A] back
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[B] [F#] [E]
[B]
[E] What a hush Oh
In awful street, but when the cutting was done, they only thought there was a bloody war the souls of the big man
See, [A] he was [D] not about a [A] hundred places
And he [D] shot in a [A] couple more [B] and you better believe [A] a song of different kind of [B] story
We're speaking on hit [A] the floor
[E]
And say
[A]
[E] [A] [E]
[A]
[B]
[E] [B]
[E] We don't
If he got his hat
[C#]
[E] My now is that it's not hustling people strange to you.
Even if you do got [Bm] a two-piece custom, they [E] will you
Yeah, you [A] don't
[E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[B] [E] [A] You
[Em] [E]
[Em]
[B]
[E]
[N]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
B
12341112
Em
121
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
B
12341112
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To learn Jim Croce - You Dont Mess Around With Jim chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - E, Em, E, A, E, A, Em and A in sequence. The tempo control on ChordU helps you begin at a comfortable speed and increase as you learn. Considering the song's key of E Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Up down got his hustlers
_ Wow, they got it bump
_ _ 40 seconds.
We got [Em] big Jim Walker.
He was shooting son of a [Gm] gun
_ [A] Yeah, you begin dumb as a man can come but it's stronger than a good tree hop
[B] And when the bad folks all [A] get together [E] at night, you know, they're all
Big [A] Jim ball just [E] pick up _ _ and [C#m] you see you [A] don't tug on Superman [E] cape
You don't speed into [E] the wind you [A] don't pull a mask on the old old [F#] Ranger and you don't move around with [Em] Jim
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ What _ _ _ _ [Em] Alabama _ _ from a country boy
[E] _
_ Man, they Jim I am a cool shooting boy.
My name is Willie McCoy, but down home they call me slim
[A] Yeah, I'm looking [D] for the king of [A] 40 seconds
[D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Last [B] week you took all my money [A] and if it's out funny [B] boy, I'm going to get my money [A] back _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] What a hush Oh
_ _ _ _ In awful street, but when the cutting was done, they only thought there was a bloody war the souls of the big man
See, [A] he was [D] not about a [A] hundred places
And he [D] shot in a [A] couple more [B] and you better believe [A] a song of different kind of [B] story
We're speaking on hit [A] the floor
_ [E] _ _ _ _
_ And say
[A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ We don't
If he got his hat
[C#] _
[E] My now is that it's not hustling people strange to you.
Even if you do got [Bm] a two-piece custom, they [E] will you
_ _ _ Yeah, you [A] don't
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] You _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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This song was authored by Jim Croce.

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