Careful Man
Jim Croce

(Intro: Blues)
————


I don’t gamble

, I don’t figh

t,

I don’t be han

gin’ in the ba

rs at night;
	      
Yeah, I used t

    
o be a fighter

, but now I am

 a wiser man

I don’t drink,

 much, I don’t

 smoke,
     
I don’t hardly

 mess around w

ith no dope;
	      
Yeah, I used t

    	
o be a problem


, but now I am

 a careful man

(Chorus)
	       
But if you use

d to wanna see

 a commotion,
		
You should’ve 

seen the man t

hat I used to 

be;
	    
I was trouble 

in perpetual m

otion,
       
Trouble with a


 capital “T”
	       
Stayin’ out la

te, havin’ fun

,
		      
And shot off e


very single sh

ot in my gun;
	
Yeah, I used t


o be a lover b

ut now I am an

 older man

(2nd end for chorus)
Yeah, I used to be a terror, but now I am a tired man


I didn't tab out the intro, but I'll work on it. This is a fun blues to play with that 
Croce irony. --Best, Mo Love