Chords for You Don't Mess Around with Jim
Tempo:
164.1 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Uptown got its hustlers, Bowery got its bums, 42nd Street got Big Jim, a walker, he a bullshootin' son of [E] a gun.
Yeah he [A] big and dumb as a man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
bad folks all get together at night, you [B] know they all call Big [A] Jim boss, just [E] because.
And [F#m] they say you [A] don't tug on Superman's cape, you [A] don't speed into [E] the wind, you [A] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [G] and you don't mess around [Em] with Jim.
know that [A] I did, did, did, [B] did, did.
Well [Em] out of South Alabama come a country boy, [E] said he's looking for a man named Jim.
bullshootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down at home they call me Slim.
[D] king of [A] 42nd Street, he drive on a drop top [E] at night.
Yeah he [A] big and dumb as a man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
bad folks all get together at night, you [B] know they all call Big [A] Jim boss, just [E] because.
And [F#m] they say you [A] don't tug on Superman's cape, you [A] don't speed into [E] the wind, you [A] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [G] and you don't mess around [Em] with Jim.
know that [A] I did, did, did, [B] did, did.
Well [Em] out of South Alabama come a country boy, [E] said he's looking for a man named Jim.
bullshootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down at home they call me Slim.
[D] king of [A] 42nd Street, he drive on a drop top [E] at night.
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Uptown got its hustlers, _ _ Bowery got its bums, _ _ _ 42nd Street got Big Jim, a walker, he a bullshootin' son of [E] a gun.
Yeah he [A] big and dumb as a man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
And [B] when the bad folks all get together at night, you [B] know they all call Big [A] Jim boss, just [E] because. _ _
_ And [F#m] they say you [A] don't tug on _ Superman's cape, you [A] don't speed into [E] the wind, you [A] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [G] and you don't mess around [Em] with Jim.
But I don't know that [A] I did, did, did, [B] did, did.
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Well [Em] out of South Alabama come a country boy, [E] said he's looking for a man named Jim.
I am a bullshootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down at home they call me Slim.
[A] Yeah I'm looking for the [D] king of [A] 42nd Street, he drive on a drop top [E] at night. _
Last [B] week he took all my money, [A] and it may sound funny, [B] but I'm going to get my money [A] back.
And [E] everybody say, Jack, you _ _ [A] don't tug on _ Superman's cape, _ you don't speed into the wind, _ you don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [B] and you don't mess around [E] with Jim.
But I don't know that I did, did, did, [B] did. _ _ _
_ _ [E] Well the bus fell over the full road, it came back on by sliding off a street. _
And when the cutting was done, they only thought there wasn't blood, it was the soles of the big man's feet.
_ [A] Yeah he was cut by a hundred _ places, [D] and he was shot in a couple more.
And [B] you better believe a [A] song of love and kind of story [B] when Big Jim hit [A] the floor. _
_ [E] _ _ And _ they say you [A] don't tug on [E] Superman's cape, you [A] don't speed into [E] the wind, you don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [B] and you don't [F#] mess around with [E] Slim.
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_ _ _ Yeah Big Jim got his hat, find [E] out where it's at, it's not hustling people's strings to you.
And if you do got a two piece custom, they pulled you. _ _
_ Yeah you don't [A]
tug on Superman's cape, you don't speed into the wind, you don't [A] pull a mask off that old old Ranger, and you [B] don't mess around with [E] Slim. _ _
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Uptown got its hustlers, _ _ Bowery got its bums, _ _ _ 42nd Street got Big Jim, a walker, he a bullshootin' son of [E] a gun.
Yeah he [A] big and dumb as a man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
And [B] when the bad folks all get together at night, you [B] know they all call Big [A] Jim boss, just [E] because. _ _
_ And [F#m] they say you [A] don't tug on _ Superman's cape, you [A] don't speed into [E] the wind, you [A] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [G] and you don't mess around [Em] with Jim.
But I don't know that [A] I did, did, did, [B] did, did.
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Well [Em] out of South Alabama come a country boy, [E] said he's looking for a man named Jim.
I am a bullshootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down at home they call me Slim.
[A] Yeah I'm looking for the [D] king of [A] 42nd Street, he drive on a drop top [E] at night. _
Last [B] week he took all my money, [A] and it may sound funny, [B] but I'm going to get my money [A] back.
And [E] everybody say, Jack, you _ _ [A] don't tug on _ Superman's cape, _ you don't speed into the wind, _ you don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [B] and you don't mess around [E] with Jim.
But I don't know that I did, did, did, [B] did. _ _ _
_ _ [E] Well the bus fell over the full road, it came back on by sliding off a street. _
And when the cutting was done, they only thought there wasn't blood, it was the soles of the big man's feet.
_ [A] Yeah he was cut by a hundred _ places, [D] and he was shot in a couple more.
And [B] you better believe a [A] song of love and kind of story [B] when Big Jim hit [A] the floor. _
_ [E] _ _ And _ they say you [A] don't tug on [E] Superman's cape, you [A] don't speed into [E] the wind, you don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [B] and you don't [F#] mess around with [E] Slim.
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_ _ _ Yeah Big Jim got his hat, find [E] out where it's at, it's not hustling people's strings to you.
And if you do got a two piece custom, they pulled you. _ _
_ Yeah you don't [A]
tug on Superman's cape, you don't speed into the wind, you don't [A] pull a mask off that old old Ranger, and you [B] don't mess around with [E] Slim. _ _
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