Jim Croce - You dont mess around

^EUptown ^E7got it's ^Ehustlers The bowery ^E7got it's ^Ebums 42nd Street got ^E7Big Jim ^EWalker He's a pool-shooting ^E7son of a ^Egun Yeah, he ^Abig and dumb as a man can come But he ^Estronger than a ^E7country ^Ehoss And when the ^B7bad folks all get tog^Aether at night You know they ^A7all call big Jim &^Equot;Boss", just because And they ^E7say

You don't ^Atug on ^A7Superman's ^Ecape You don't ^Aspit ^A7into the ^Ewind You don't ^Apull the mask off that ^A7old Lone Ranger And you ^B7don't mess a^A7round with ^EJim

Well outta ^Esouth Ala^E7bama came a ^Ecountry boy He say I'm looking for a ^E7man named ^EJim I am a ^E7pool-shooting ^Eboy My name ^E7Willie Mc^ECoy But down home they ^E7call me ^ESlim Yeah I'm ^Alooking for the king of 42nd Street He driving a ^E7drop top Cadil^Elac Last week he ^B7took all my money And it ^Amay sound funny But I ^A7come to get my ^Amoney ^Eback And everybody ^E7say Jack don't you know

You don't ^Atug on ^A7Superman's ^Ecape You don't ^Aspit ^A7into the ^Ewind You don't ^Apull the mask off that ^A7old Lone Ranger And you ^B7don't mess a^A7round with ^EJim

Well a ^Ehush fell ^E7over the ^Epool room Jimmy come bopping in ^E7off the ^Estreet And when the ^E7cutting were ^Edone The only ^E7part that wasn't ^Ebloody Was the ^E7soles of the big man's ^Efeet Yeah he were ^Acut in bout a hundred places And he were ^Eshot in a couple ^E7more And you ^B7better believe They sung a ^Adifferent kind of ^A7story When big ^AJim hit the ^Efloor, now they ^E7say

You don't ^Atug on ^A7Superman's ^Ecape You don't ^Aspit ^A7into the ^Ewind You don't ^Apull the mask off that ^A7old Lone Ranger And you ^B7don't mess a^A7round with ^ESlim

You don't ^Atug on ^A7Superman's ^Ecape You don't ^Aspit ^A7into the ^Ewind You don't ^Apull the mask off that ^A7old Lone Ranger And you ^B7don't mess a^A7round with ^ESlim ^{E7 B7 E}