Intro: E E7 E E7 E Uptown got it's hustlers E7 E The bowery got it's bums E7 E 42nd Street got Big Jim Walker E7 E He's a pool-shooting son of a gun A Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come E E7 E But he stronger than a country hoss B7 A And when the bad folks all get together at night B7 E You know they all call big Jim "Boss", just because E7 And they say A A7 E You don't tug on Superman's cape A A7 E You don't spit into the wind A A7 You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger B7 A7 E B And you don't mess around with Jim E E7 E Well outta south Alabama came a country boy E7 E He say I'm looking for a man named Jim E7 E I am a pool-shooting boy E7 E My name Willie McCoy E7 E But down home they call me Slim A Yeah I'm looking for the king of 42nd Street E7 E He driving a drop top Cadillac B7 Last week he took all my money A And it may sound funny B7 A E But I come to get my money back E7 And everybody say Jack don't you know A A7 E You don't tug on Superman's cape A A7 E You don't spit into the wind A A7 You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger B7 A7 E B And you don't mess around with Jim E E7 E Well a hush fell over the pool room E7 E Jimmy come bopping in off the street E7 E And when the cutting were done E7 E The only part that wasn't bloody E7 E Was the soles of the big man's feet A Yeah he were cut in bout a hundred places E E7 And he were shot in a couple more B7 And you better believe A B7 They sung a different kind of story A E E7 When big Jim hit the floor, now they say A A7 E You don't tug on Superman's cape A A7 E You don't spit into the wind A A7 You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger B7 A7 E And you don't mess around with Slim 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 A A7 E You don't tug on Superman's cape A A7 E You don't spit into the wind A A7 You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger B7 A7 E E7 B7 E And you don't mess around with Slim
You Dont Mess Around With Jim chords by Jim Croce
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