Chords for YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM - JIM CROCE
Tempo:
155.45 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Uptown got its hustlers, Lowry [Ebm] got his bums, 42nd Street got [Ab] Big Jim, a walker, he a bullshootin' son of a [Gbm] gun.
Yeah, [Ab] he's big and dumb, as a man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
[Eb] And when the bad folks all get together at night, you know they all call Big [Bb] Jim boss, [Ab] and [Gb] just [Eb] pick up.
[Ab]
And they say you don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, [Ab] you don't spit into the [Eb]
wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old [Bbm] Ranger, and you [Ebm] don't mess around with Jim.
But [Ab] what I did, did, [Bb] did, did, did, [Ebm] what did South [Ab] Alabama [Ebm] call my country boy?
Said, looking for a man named Jim, [Ab] [Eb] I'm a bullshootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down at home they call me Slim.
[Fm] [G] Yeah, [Ab] I'm looking [Db] for the king of [Ab] 42nd [Db] Street, he drive on [Ab] all drop [Db] top [Ab] Cadillac, [Db] that's where [Bb] he took all my money, [Ab] and it may sound funny, [Bb] but I'm going to get my money [Ab] back.
And [Eb] everybody say, Jack, [Gb] you [Eb] [Ab] don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit [Eb] into the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you [Gb] don't mess around [Eb] with Jim.
[Ebm] But what I did, did, did, [Bb] did, did, [Eb] what a hush fell over the fool [Bbm] wrote me, Jim, they [Eb] call my father in Norfolk Street, that when the cutting was done, the only boss that was employed was the soldier of the big man's fleet.
[Ab] And he was shot [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Db] in a couple [Ab]
more, [Bb] and you better believe [Ab] a song or two of a kind of story [Bb] when a big Jim hit [Ab] the floor.
[Eb] [Gb]
[Eb] And say, [Ab] you don't toddle on [Eb]
Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit [Eb] into the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you don't mess [G] around [Eb] with Slim.
[Ab] [Gb]
And if big Jim got his hat, [Ab] [Eb] find out where it's [Ab] at, it's not [Eb] hustling people's [Ab] strings for you, even if you do got [G] a two piece custom made bootleg heel.
[Fm] [Eb] And say, you [Ab] don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit into [Eb] the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you don't mess [Eb] around [Ab] with Slim.
[Ebm] [Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Ebm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
Yeah, [Ab] he's big and dumb, as a man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
[Eb] And when the bad folks all get together at night, you know they all call Big [Bb] Jim boss, [Ab] and [Gb] just [Eb] pick up.
[Ab]
And they say you don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, [Ab] you don't spit into the [Eb]
wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old [Bbm] Ranger, and you [Ebm] don't mess around with Jim.
But [Ab] what I did, did, [Bb] did, did, did, [Ebm] what did South [Ab] Alabama [Ebm] call my country boy?
Said, looking for a man named Jim, [Ab] [Eb] I'm a bullshootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down at home they call me Slim.
[Fm] [G] Yeah, [Ab] I'm looking [Db] for the king of [Ab] 42nd [Db] Street, he drive on [Ab] all drop [Db] top [Ab] Cadillac, [Db] that's where [Bb] he took all my money, [Ab] and it may sound funny, [Bb] but I'm going to get my money [Ab] back.
And [Eb] everybody say, Jack, [Gb] you [Eb] [Ab] don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit [Eb] into the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you [Gb] don't mess around [Eb] with Jim.
[Ebm] But what I did, did, did, [Bb] did, did, [Eb] what a hush fell over the fool [Bbm] wrote me, Jim, they [Eb] call my father in Norfolk Street, that when the cutting was done, the only boss that was employed was the soldier of the big man's fleet.
[Ab] And he was shot [Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab] [Db] in a couple [Ab]
more, [Bb] and you better believe [Ab] a song or two of a kind of story [Bb] when a big Jim hit [Ab] the floor.
[Eb] [Gb]
[Eb] And say, [Ab] you don't toddle on [Eb]
Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit [Eb] into the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you don't mess [G] around [Eb] with Slim.
[Ab] [Gb]
And if big Jim got his hat, [Ab] [Eb] find out where it's [Ab] at, it's not [Eb] hustling people's [Ab] strings for you, even if you do got [G] a two piece custom made bootleg heel.
[Fm] [Eb] And say, you [Ab] don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit into [Eb] the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you don't mess [Eb] around [Ab] with Slim.
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_ _ _ Uptown got its hustlers, _ _ Lowry [Ebm] got his bums, _ _ _ 42nd Street got [Ab] Big Jim, a walker, he a bullshootin' son of a [Gbm] gun.
Yeah, [Ab] he's big and dumb, as a man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
[Eb] And when the bad folks all get together at night, you know they all call Big [Bb] Jim boss, [Ab] and [Gb] just [Eb] pick up.
_ _ _ [Ab]
And they say you don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, [Ab] you don't spit _ into the [Eb]
wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old [Bbm] Ranger, and you [Ebm] don't mess around with Jim.
But [Ab] what I did, did, [Bb] did, did, did, _ _ _ _ [Ebm] what did South [Ab] Alabama [Ebm] call my country boy?
Said, looking for a man named Jim, _ [Ab] [Eb] I'm a bullshootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down at home they call me Slim.
[Fm] [G] Yeah, [Ab] I'm looking [Db] for the king of [Ab] 42nd [Db] Street, he drive on [Ab] all drop [Db] top [Ab] Cadillac, _ [Db] that's where [Bb] he took all my money, [Ab] and it may sound funny, [Bb] but I'm going to get my money [Ab] back.
And [Eb] everybody say, Jack, [Gb] you [Eb] _ _ [Ab] don't toddle on _ [Eb] Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit _ [Eb] into the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you [Gb] don't mess around [Eb] with Jim.
[Ebm] But what I did, did, did, [Bb] did, did, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] what a hush fell over the fool [Bbm] wrote me, Jim, they [Eb] call my father in Norfolk Street, _ that when the cutting was done, the only boss that was employed was the soldier of the big man's fleet.
_ [Ab] And he was shot [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] [Db] in a couple [Ab]
more, _ [Bb] and you better believe [Ab] a song or two of a kind of story [Bb] when a big Jim hit [Ab] the floor.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[Eb] And say, [Ab] you don't toddle on _ [Eb]
Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit [Eb] into the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you don't mess [G] around [Eb] with Slim.
_ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
And if big Jim got his hat, [Ab] _ [Eb] find out where it's [Ab] at, it's not [Eb] hustling people's [Ab] strings for you, _ even if you do got [G] a two piece custom made bootleg heel.
[Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ And say, you [Ab] don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit into [Eb] the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you don't mess [Eb] around _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] with Slim.
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_ _ _ Uptown got its hustlers, _ _ Lowry [Ebm] got his bums, _ _ _ 42nd Street got [Ab] Big Jim, a walker, he a bullshootin' son of a [Gbm] gun.
Yeah, [Ab] he's big and dumb, as a man can come, but he's stronger than a country horse.
[Eb] And when the bad folks all get together at night, you know they all call Big [Bb] Jim boss, [Ab] and [Gb] just [Eb] pick up.
_ _ _ [Ab]
And they say you don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, [Ab] you don't spit _ into the [Eb]
wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old [Bbm] Ranger, and you [Ebm] don't mess around with Jim.
But [Ab] what I did, did, [Bb] did, did, did, _ _ _ _ [Ebm] what did South [Ab] Alabama [Ebm] call my country boy?
Said, looking for a man named Jim, _ [Ab] [Eb] I'm a bullshootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy, but down at home they call me Slim.
[Fm] [G] Yeah, [Ab] I'm looking [Db] for the king of [Ab] 42nd [Db] Street, he drive on [Ab] all drop [Db] top [Ab] Cadillac, _ [Db] that's where [Bb] he took all my money, [Ab] and it may sound funny, [Bb] but I'm going to get my money [Ab] back.
And [Eb] everybody say, Jack, [Gb] you [Eb] _ _ [Ab] don't toddle on _ [Eb] Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit _ [Eb] into the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you [Gb] don't mess around [Eb] with Jim.
[Ebm] But what I did, did, did, [Bb] did, did, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] what a hush fell over the fool [Bbm] wrote me, Jim, they [Eb] call my father in Norfolk Street, _ that when the cutting was done, the only boss that was employed was the soldier of the big man's fleet.
_ [Ab] And he was shot [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] [Db] in a couple [Ab]
more, _ [Bb] and you better believe [Ab] a song or two of a kind of story [Bb] when a big Jim hit [Ab] the floor.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[Eb] And say, [Ab] you don't toddle on _ [Eb]
Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit [Eb] into the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you don't mess [G] around [Eb] with Slim.
_ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
And if big Jim got his hat, [Ab] _ [Eb] find out where it's [Ab] at, it's not [Eb] hustling people's [Ab] strings for you, _ even if you do got [G] a two piece custom made bootleg heel.
[Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ And say, you [Ab] don't toddle on [Eb] Superman's tape, you [Ab] don't spit into [Eb] the wind, you [Ab] don't pull a mask off that old old Ranger, [Bb] and you don't mess [Eb] around _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] with Slim.
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