You Dont Mess Around With Jim Jim Croce
Contributed
Katarzyna Szostak
4 years ago
Instrument:
Guitar
Contents
[Zwrotka]
The bowery got its bums
42nd Street got Big Jim Walker
He's a pool-shootin' son of a gun
Yeah, he
But he
And when the
You know they
And they say
[Refren]
You don't
You don't
You don't
And you
[Zwrotka]
Well outta
He say I'm lookin' for a man named Jim
I am a pool-shootin' boy
My name Willie McCoy
But down home they call me Slim
Yeah I'm
He drivin' a
After he
And it may sound funny
But I
And everybody say Jack don't you know
[Refren]
And you don't
You don't
You don't
And you
[Zwrotka]
Well a
Jimmy come boppin' in off the street
And when the cuttin' were done
The only part that wasn't bloody
Was the
Yeah he were
And he were
And you
They sung a different kind of story
When
[Refren]
You don't
You don't
You don't
And you
(Spoken)
Find out where it's at
And it's not hustlin' people strange to you
Even if you do got a two-piece custom-made pool cue
[Refren]
Yeah you don't
You don't
You don't
And you
E
Uptown got its hustlersThe bowery got its bums
42nd Street got Big Jim Walker
He's a pool-shootin' son of a gun
Yeah, he
A
big and dumb as a man can comeBut he
E
stronger than a country hossAnd when the
B
bad folks all get together at nightYou know they
A
all call big Jim E
"Boss", just becauseAnd they say
[Refren]
You don't
A
tug on Superman's E
capeYou don't
A
spit into the E
windYou don't
A
pull the mask off the old Lone RangerAnd you
B
don't mess around with E
Jim[Zwrotka]
Well outta
E
south Alabama came a country boyHe say I'm lookin' for a man named Jim
I am a pool-shootin' boy
My name Willie McCoy
But down home they call me Slim
Yeah I'm
A
lookin' for the king of 42nd StreetHe drivin' a
E
drop top CadillacAfter he
B
took all my moneyAnd it may sound funny
But I
A
came to get my money E
backAnd everybody say Jack don't you know
[Refren]
And you don't
A
tug on Superman's E
capeYou don't
A
spit into the E
windYou don't
A
pull the mask off the old Lone RangerAnd you
B
don't mess around with E
Jim[Zwrotka]
Well a
E
hush fell over the pool roomJimmy come boppin' in off the street
And when the cuttin' were done
The only part that wasn't bloody
Was the
E
soles of the big man's feetYeah he were
A
cut in in bout a hundred placesAnd he were
E
shot in a couple moreAnd you
B
better believeThey sung a different kind of story
When
A
big Jim hit the E
floor now they say[Refren]
You don't
A
tug on Superman's E
capeYou don't
A
spit into the E
windYou don't
A
pull the mask off the old Lone RangerAnd you
B
don't mess around with E
Slim(Spoken)
E
Yeah, big Jim got his hatFind out where it's at
And it's not hustlin' people strange to you
Even if you do got a two-piece custom-made pool cue
[Refren]
Yeah you don't
A
tug on Superman's E
capeYou don't
A
spit into the E
windYou don't
A
pull the mask off the old Lone RangerAnd you
B
don't mess around with E
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