{"id":28648,"date":"2026-01-06T23:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28648"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:27:38","slug":"you-dont-mess-around-with-jim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/you-dont-mess-around-with-jim\/","title":{"rendered":"You Dont Mess Around With Jim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Croce<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">[Verse]\r\n<span data-name=\"E\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">E<\/span>\r\nUptown got its hustlers\r\n \r\n\r\nThe bowery got its bums\r\n \r\n42nd Street got Big Jim Walker\r\n \r\nHe's a pool-shootin' son of a gun\r\n         <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">A<\/span>\r\nYeah, he big and dumb as a man can come\r\n       <span data-name=\"E\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">E<\/span>\r\nBut he stronger than a country hoss\r\n             <span data-name=\"B\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">B<\/span>\r\nAnd when the bad folks all get together at night\r\n              <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">A<\/span>                <span data-name=\"E\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">E<\/span>\r\nYou know they all call big Jim \"Boss\", just because\r\n \r\nAnd they say\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n          <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">A<\/span>                 <span data-name=\"E\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">E<\/span>\r\nYou don't tug on Superman's cape\r\n\r\n          <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">A<\/span>             <span data-name=\"E\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">E<\/span>\r\nYou don't spit into the wind\r\n          <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">A<\/span>\r\nYou don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger\r\n        <span data-name=\"B\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">B<\/span>                      <span data-name=\"E\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">E<\/span>\r\nAnd you don't mess around with Jim\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n           <span data-name=\"E\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">E<\/span>\r\nWell outta south Alabama came a country boy\r\n \r\nHe say I'm lookin' for a man named Jim\r\n \r\nI am a pool-shootin' boy\r\n \r\nMy name Willie McCoy\r\n \r\nBut down home they call me Slim\r\n         <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">A<\/span>\r\nYeah I'm lookin' for the king of 42nd Street\r\n             E\r\nHe drivin' a drop top Cadillac\r\n         B\r\nAfter he took all my money\r\n \r\nAnd it may sound funny\r\n      A                    E\r\nBut I came to get my money back\r\n \r\nAnd everybody say Jack don't you know\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n              A                 E\r\nAnd you don't tug on Superman's cape\r\n          A             E\r\nYou don't spit into the wind\r\n          A\r\nYou don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger\r\n        B                      E\r\nAnd you don't mess around with Jim\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n       E\r\nWell a hush fell over the pool room\r\n \r\nJimmy come boppin' in off the street\r\n \r\nAnd when the cuttin' were done\r\n \r\nThe only part that wasn't bloody\r\n        E\r\nWas the soles of the big man's feet\r\n             A\r\nYeah he were cut in in bout a hundred places\r\n            E\r\nAnd he were shot in a couple more\r\n        B\r\nAnd you better believe\r\n \r\nThey sung a different kind of story\r\n     A               E\r\nWhen big Jim hit the floor now they say\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n          A                 E\r\nYou don't tug on Superman's cape\r\n          A             E\r\nYou don't spit into the wind\r\n          A\r\nYou don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger\r\n        B                      E\r\nAnd you don't mess around with Slim\r\n \r\n \r\n[Interlude]\r\n         E\r\n(Spoken) Yeah, big Jim got his hat\r\n \r\nFind out where it's at\r\n \r\nAnd it's not hustlin' people strange to you\r\n \r\nEven if you do got a two-piece custom-made pool cue\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n               A                 E\r\nYeah you don't tug on Superman's cape\r\n          A             E\r\nYou don't spit into the wind\r\n          A\r\nYou don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger\r\n        B                      E\r\nAnd you don't mess around with Slim\r\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Croce [Verse] E Uptown got its hustlers The bowery got its bums 42nd Street got Big Jim Walker He&#8217;s a pool-shootin&#8217; son of a gun A Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come E But he stronger than a country hoss B And when the bad &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/you-dont-mess-around-with-jim\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">You Dont Mess Around With 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