Chords for Willie McCoy: You don't mess around with Jim (Jim Croce)

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_ _ Uptown got its hustlers, the Bowery got its [E] bums, _ _ 46th Street got Big Jam a-walkin',
he's a pool-shoot son of a gun. _
Well he's big and dumb, and the man can't
come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
And [B] when the bad folks all [A] come together at
night, you [B] know they all call Big [A] Jam boss, just [E] because.
_ _ _ They say you [A] don't talk on Superman's [B] cape, you [A] don't spit into [E] the wind,
you [A] don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger, [Bm] and you don't [G] mess around [E] with Jim. _
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Well _ _ _ [E] out of South Alabama come a country boy, he [Em] said I'm [E] looking for a man named Jim.
_ I'm a pool-shooting boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but at home they call me Slim.
Well [A] I'm a-looking [D] for the king of [A] 42nd [D] Street, I'm [A] on a drop [E]-top Cadillac.
_ _ [D] Last [B] week he took all my money, [A] and it may sound funny, [B] but I'm bound to get my money [A] back.
And [E] everybody say Jack, don't you know, don't you know you [A] don't talk on [E] Superman's cape,
you [A] don't spit into [E] the wind, you don't [A] pull the mask off that old lone ranger,
[B] and you don't [F#m] mess around [E] with Jim.
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[E] Well a hush fell over the full room, and Jimmy come [B] bumping in off [E] the street,
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and [E] when the cutting was done, the only part that wasn't bloody was the soles [Bm] of the big [E] man's feet.
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Well [A] he got [D] about a hundred [E] places, and [A] he was shot [D] and a couple [A] more,
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[B] and you better believe this [A] song is a different kind of story [B] when Big Jam hit [A] the floor. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ Now they say you [A] don't talk on Superman's [E] cape, you [A] don't spit into [E] the wind,
you [A] don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger, [B] and you don't mess around [E] with Slim. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] Yeah Big Jam got his hat, [E] find out where it's [A] at, it's not [E] hustling people [A] strange to [E] you,
[A] even if you do [E] got a two [A]-piece custom [E] maple [G#] cue.
Uh-huh, [A] you don't talk on [E] Superman's cape, you don't [A] spit into [E] the wind,
you don't [A] pull the mask off that old lone ranger, [B] and you don't [F#m] mess around [E] with Slim. _ _ _ _ _
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