The melody of You Don’t Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce runs 352 notes across 67 bars, 2:29 long in E at 145 beats per minute. The tab sits almost entirely in the first two frets, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? You Don’t Mess Around With Jim chords and lyrics.