YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM Jim Croce INTRO: E (entire song is an E Blues vamp, all chords can optionally be 7ths) VERSE 1: E Uptown got its hustlers, the Bowery got its bums E 42nd Street got Big Jim Walker, he's a pool-shootin' son of a gun A Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come, but he stronger than a country hoss B7 A And when the bad folks all get together at night B7 A E You know they all call big Jim "Boss", just because, and they say CHORUS: A7 E You don't tug on Superman's cape A7 E You don't spit into the wind A7 You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger B7 (A7) E (B7) And you don't mess around with Jim VERSE 2: E Well outta south Alabama came a country boy, he say I'm looking for a man named Jim E I am a pool-shootin' boy, my name Willie McCoy, but down home they call me Slim A Yeah I'm looking for the king of 42nd Street, he drivin' a drop top Cadillac B7 A Last week he took all my money and it may sound funny B7 A E But I come to get my money back, and everybody say, Jack don't you know CHORUS: A7 E You don't tug on Superman's cape A7 E You don't spit into the wind A7 You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger B7 (A7) E (B7) And you don't mess around with Jim VERSE 3: E Well a hush fell over the pool room, Jimmy come boppin' in off the street E And when the cuttin' were done the only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet A Yeah he were cut in 'bout a hundred places, and he were shot in a couple more B7 A And you better believe they sung a different kind of story B7 A E When big Jim hit the floor, now they say CHORUS: A7 E You don't tug on Superman's cape A7 E You don't spit into the wind A7 You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger B7 (A7) E (B7) And you don't mess around with Jim INTERLUDE: (spoken) E Yeah, big Jim got his hat... find out where it's at... And it's not hustling people strange to you... Even if you do got a two-piece custom-made pool cue... LAST CHORUS: A7 E You don't tug on Superman's cape A7 E You don't spit into the wind A7 You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger B7 A7 E7 And you don't mess around with Jim THANKS! TO: Terry Dean / www.acousticcoffeecovers.com