Amos Moses Chords by Jerry Reed
Tempo:
99.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[G] [A] Yeah!
Here comes Amos!
Now Amos Moses was a Cajun, [B] he lived by [D] himself in the swamp.
He hunted alligators for a living, he'd just knock them in the head with [G] a stomp.
[A] The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos.
[E] It ain't legal hunting alligators down in the swamp, boy.
Now everybody blames this old [B] man for making him [D] mean as a snake.
When Amos Moses was a boy, his daddy [A] would use him for alligator bait.
[G] [A] Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp.
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou.
[E] About 45 minutes southeast [A] of Pippit, old Louisiana,
[Eb] lived a man [D] called Doc [A] Millsap and his pretty wife, Anna.
Well they [C] raised up a son that could eat up his bed [D] and grow grass.
Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses.
Yeah!
[G] Now all the folks around south Louisiana [B] said Amos was a [D] hell of a man.
He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator and just use one [G] hand.
That's all he got left, called alligator bait.
[Em] Left arm gone, clean up to the elbow.
[A] Well the sheriff got wind that Amos [B] was in the swamp trapping [D] alligator skin,
so he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy.
But he never come out again.
Well [A] I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to.
Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou.
[E] About [D] 45 minutes southeast of [A] Pippit, old Louisiana,
[E] lived a cat called [D] Doc Millsap and his pretty wife, Anna.
[E] Well they raised up a son [C] that could eat up his bed and [D] grow grass.
[D] Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses.
[A] So now all them Amos, make [G] it count son!
[E] About 45 [D] minutes southeast of Pippit, [A] old Louisiana,
lived a man [E] called Doc Millsap.
[A] [N]
[G] [A] Yeah!
Here comes Amos!
Now Amos Moses was a Cajun, [B] he lived by [D] himself in the swamp.
He hunted alligators for a living, he'd just knock them in the head with [G] a stomp.
[A] The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos.
[E] It ain't legal hunting alligators down in the swamp, boy.
Now everybody blames this old [B] man for making him [D] mean as a snake.
When Amos Moses was a boy, his daddy [A] would use him for alligator bait.
[G] [A] Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp.
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou.
[E] About 45 minutes southeast [A] of Pippit, old Louisiana,
[Eb] lived a man [D] called Doc [A] Millsap and his pretty wife, Anna.
Well they [C] raised up a son that could eat up his bed [D] and grow grass.
Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses.
Yeah!
[G] Now all the folks around south Louisiana [B] said Amos was a [D] hell of a man.
He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator and just use one [G] hand.
That's all he got left, called alligator bait.
[Em] Left arm gone, clean up to the elbow.
[A] Well the sheriff got wind that Amos [B] was in the swamp trapping [D] alligator skin,
so he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy.
But he never come out again.
Well [A] I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to.
Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou.
[E] About [D] 45 minutes southeast of [A] Pippit, old Louisiana,
[E] lived a cat called [D] Doc Millsap and his pretty wife, Anna.
[E] Well they raised up a son [C] that could eat up his bed and [D] grow grass.
[D] Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses.
[A] So now all them Amos, make [G] it count son!
[E] About 45 [D] minutes southeast of Pippit, [A] old Louisiana,
lived a man [E] called Doc Millsap.
[A] [N]
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_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ Yeah!
Here comes Amos!
_ Now Amos Moses was a Cajun, [B] he lived by [D] himself in the swamp.
He hunted alligators for a living, he'd just knock them in the head with [G] a stomp.
[A] The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos.
_ _ [E] It ain't legal hunting alligators down in the swamp, boy.
_ _ Now everybody blames this old [B] man for making him [D] mean as a snake.
When Amos Moses was a boy, his daddy [A] would use him for alligator bait.
[G] [A] Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp. _
_ _ Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou. _
_ [E] About 45 minutes southeast [A] of Pippit, old Louisiana, _
[Eb] lived a man [D] called Doc [A] Millsap and his pretty wife, Anna. _
Well they [C] raised up a son that could eat up his bed [D] and grow grass. _
Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses.
Yeah!
_ _ _ [G] _ Now all the folks around south Louisiana [B] said Amos was a [D] hell of a man.
He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator and just use one [G] hand.
That's all he got left, called alligator bait.
_ [Em] _ _ Left arm gone, clean up to the elbow.
_ [A] _ Well the sheriff got wind that Amos [B] was in the swamp trapping [D] alligator skin,
so he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy.
But he never come out again.
Well [A] I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to.
_ _ Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou.
[E] _ About [D] 45 minutes southeast of [A] Pippit, old Louisiana,
_ [E] lived a cat called [D] Doc Millsap and his pretty wife, Anna.
_ [E] Well they raised up a son [C] that could eat up his bed and [D] grow grass.
[D] _ Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses.
[A] So now all them Amos, make [G] it count son!
[E] About 45 [D] minutes southeast of Pippit, [A] old Louisiana, _ _
lived a man [E] called Doc Millsap.
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_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ Yeah!
Here comes Amos!
_ Now Amos Moses was a Cajun, [B] he lived by [D] himself in the swamp.
He hunted alligators for a living, he'd just knock them in the head with [G] a stomp.
[A] The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos.
_ _ [E] It ain't legal hunting alligators down in the swamp, boy.
_ _ Now everybody blames this old [B] man for making him [D] mean as a snake.
When Amos Moses was a boy, his daddy [A] would use him for alligator bait.
[G] [A] Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp. _
_ _ Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou. _
_ [E] About 45 minutes southeast [A] of Pippit, old Louisiana, _
[Eb] lived a man [D] called Doc [A] Millsap and his pretty wife, Anna. _
Well they [C] raised up a son that could eat up his bed [D] and grow grass. _
Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses.
Yeah!
_ _ _ [G] _ Now all the folks around south Louisiana [B] said Amos was a [D] hell of a man.
He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator and just use one [G] hand.
That's all he got left, called alligator bait.
_ [Em] _ _ Left arm gone, clean up to the elbow.
_ [A] _ Well the sheriff got wind that Amos [B] was in the swamp trapping [D] alligator skin,
so he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy.
But he never come out again.
Well [A] I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to.
_ _ Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou.
[E] _ About [D] 45 minutes southeast of [A] Pippit, old Louisiana,
_ [E] lived a cat called [D] Doc Millsap and his pretty wife, Anna.
_ [E] Well they raised up a son [C] that could eat up his bed and [D] grow grass.
[D] _ Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses.
[A] So now all them Amos, make [G] it count son!
[E] About 45 [D] minutes southeast of Pippit, [A] old Louisiana, _ _
lived a man [E] called Doc Millsap.
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