Chords:
{t:Amos Moses}
{artist: Jerry Reed}
{key: A}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g
{c: Thanks to Dave Nelson (Opie)” }
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Yeah, here comes Amos!
[A7] Now Amos Moses was a Cajun. He [B7] lived by himself in the swamp.
He [D7] hunted alligator for a living,
he'd just knock them in the head with a [D7] stump.
The [A7] Louisiana law gonna get you, Amos. [A7]
It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy. [A7]
[A7] Now everyone blamed his old man, for [B7] making him mean as a snake.
When [D7] Amos Moses was a boy,
his daddy would use him for alligator [D7] bait.
Tie a [A7] rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp. [A7]
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou. [A7]
About [E7] forty-five minutes south-[D7]east of Thibodaux, [A7] Louisiana,
lived a [E7] man called Doc Mill-[D7]sap and his pretty wife [A7] Hannah.
Well, they [E7] raised up a son that could [C] eat up his weight in [D7] groceries.
Named him after a man of the cloth,
called him Amos [A7] Moses. [A7]
[A7] Now the folks around south Louisiana said [B7] Amos was a hell of a man.
He could [D7] trap the biggest, the meanest alligator,
and just use one [D7] hand.
That's [A7] all he’s got left 'cause the alligator bit it. [A7]
Left arm gone clear up to the elbow. [A7]
[A7] Well, the sheriff caught wind that Amos
was in the [B7] swamp trapping alligator skin.
So he [D7] snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy,
but he never come out again. [D7]
Well I [A7] wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to? [A7]
Well, you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou. [A7]
About [E7] forty-five minutes south-[D7]east of Thibodaux, [A7] Louisiana,
lived a [E7] cat called Doc Mill-[D7]sap and his pretty wife [A7] Hannah.
Well, they [E7] raised up a son that could [C] eat up his weight in [D7] groceries.
Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos [A7] Moses. [A7]
Set out on ‘em Amos! Make it count son!
About [E7] forty-five minutes south-[D7]east of Thibodaux, [A7] Louisiana,
lived a [E7] man called Doc Mill-[D7]sap and his pretty wife [A7] Hannah.
Well, they [E7] raised up a son that could [C] eat up his weight in [D7] groceries.
Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos [A7] Moses. [A7]
