You Dont Mess Around
Jim Croce
Letra

Date: Friday, *
Tabbed by Peter Tuyp(*)



Guitar 1 plays the ritme part. It is played rather muted, especialy the first 3 bars.
Guitar 2 plays the licks in between, with lots of bending.


Intro:
Guitar 1

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Verse 1:
Guitar 1

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Up- town got it s hust- lers Bow- ry got it s bums


Guitar 1

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42- second street got Big Jim a Walker He a pool shootin son of a gun Yeah he
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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big and dumb as a man can come but he stronger than a country hoss And when the
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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bad folks all get together at night you know they all call Big Jim Boss just be-
Guitar 2
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Chorus:
Guitar 1
A7
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cause and they say you don t tug on Superman s cape you don t
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
A7 A7
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spit into the wind you don t pull the mask of the old lone ranger and you
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
B7
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don t mess around with Jim Ba doo dn doo da da di di dn di di
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
B7
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di Well outa
Guitar 2
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Verse 2:
Guitar 1

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South Ala- bama come a country boy. He said I m lookin for a man named Jim. I am a
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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pool shootin boy my name is Willie McCoy but down a home they call me Slim yeah I m
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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lookin for the king of forty second street he drivin a droptop cadillac last week he
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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took all my money and it may sound funny but I come to get my money back and everybody
Guitar 2
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Chorus:
Guitar 1
A7
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say(hey jack) don t you know you don t tug on Superman s cape you don t
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
A7 A7
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spit into the wind you don t pull the mask of the old lone ranger and you
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
B7
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don t mess around with Jim Ba doo dn doo da da di di dn di di
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
B7
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di Well a
Guitar 2
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Verse 3:
Guitar 1

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hush fell over the pool room when Jimmy come boppin in of the street and when the
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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cuttin was done the only part that wasn t bloody was the soles of the big man s * he were
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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cut in bout a hundred places and he were shot in a couple more. And you
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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better believe they sung a different kind of story when Big Jim hit the floor Who a ha
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
A7
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they say you don t tug on Superman s cape you don t
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
A7 A7
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spit into the wind you don t pull the mask of the old lone ranger and you
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
B7
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don t mess around with Slim Mm mm mm mm mm m mm m
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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Yeah Big Jim got his hat, find out where it s at
and it s not hustlin people strange to you
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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even if you do got a twopiece custommade pool cue
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
A7
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Yeah you don t tug on Superman s cape you don t
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
A7 A7
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spit into the wind you don t pull the mask of the old lone ranger and you
Guitar 2
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Guitar 1
B7
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don t mess around with Slim
Guitar 2
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Outro:
Guitar 1

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Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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Guitar 2
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Guitar 1

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Guitar 2
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