Jim Croce - You dont mess around

^CUptown ^C7got it's ^Chustlers The bowery ^C7got it's ^Cbums 42nd Street got ^C7Big Jim ^CWalker He's a pool-shooting ^C7son of a ^Cgun Yeah, he ^Fbig and dumb as a man can come But he ^Cstronger than a ^C7country ^Choss And when the ^G7bad folks all get tog^Fether at night You know they ^F7all call big Jim &^Cquot;Boss", just because And they ^C7say

You don't ^Ftug on ^F7Superman's ^Ccape You don't ^Fspit ^F7into the ^Cwind You don't ^Fpull the mask off that ^F7old Lone Ranger And you ^G7don't mess a^F7round with ^CJim

Well outta ^Csouth Ala^C7bama came a ^Ccountry boy He say I'm looking for a ^C7man named ^CJim I am a ^C7pool-shooting ^Cboy My name ^C7Willie Mc^CCoy But down home they ^C7call me ^CSlim Yeah I'm ^Flooking for the king of 42nd Street He driving a ^C7drop top Cadil^Clac Last week he ^G7took all my money And it ^Fmay sound funny But I ^F7come to get my ^Fmoney ^Cback And everybody ^C7say Jack don't you know

You don't ^Ftug on ^F7Superman's ^Ccape You don't ^Fspit ^F7into the ^Cwind You don't ^Fpull the mask off that ^F7old Lone Ranger And you ^G7don't mess a^F7round with ^CJim

Well a ^Chush fell ^C7over the ^Cpool room Jimmy come bopping in ^C7off the ^Cstreet And when the ^C7cutting were ^Cdone The only ^C7part that wasn't ^Cbloody Was the ^C7soles of the big man's ^Cfeet Yeah he were ^Fcut in bout a hundred places And he were ^Cshot in a couple ^C7more And you ^G7better believe They sung a ^Fdifferent kind of ^F7story When big ^FJim hit the ^Cfloor, now they ^C7say

You don't ^Ftug on ^F7Superman's ^Ccape You don't ^Fspit ^F7into the ^Cwind You don't ^Fpull the mask off that ^F7old Lone Ranger And you ^G7don't mess a^F7round with ^CSlim

You don't ^Ftug on ^F7Superman's ^Ccape You don't ^Fspit ^F7into the ^Cwind You don't ^Fpull the mask off that ^F7old Lone Ranger And you ^G7don't mess a^F7round with ^CSlim ^{C7 G7 C}