Amos Moses

RIFF
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[Verse]

     A
now amos moses was a cajon
      B
 He lived by himself in the swamp.
   D7
He hunted alligator for a livin'
  D7
Just knock 'em in the head with a 
stump.


RIFF

The Lousisana law gonna get you, 
Amos!

It ain't legal huntin' alligator 
down in the swamp, boy!


   A
Well, everybody blamed his old man
    B                 D7
For makin' him mean as a snake.
   D7
When Amos Moses was a boy,
                                    
  D7 HARD
His Daddy would use his for 
alligator bait.


RIFF
Tie a rope around his waist and 
throw him in the swamp!

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Aliigator bait in the   Lousisana 
bayou


[Refrain]

       E7                 D7      
About forty-five minutes southeast
                  A7
 of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana
      E7                  D7      
Lived a man called Doc Milsap and 
                  A7
his pretty wife Hanna.
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Well, they raised up a son who 
  C                 D7
could eat up his weight in 
groceries.


OTHER RIFF
Named him after a man of the cloth,
Called him Amos Moses.

RIFF


[Verse]

   A
Now all the folks around south 
Louisiana
      B
Said Amos was a hell of a man.
        D7
He could trap the biggest,
   D7
The meanest alligator,
        D7
And just use one hand.


RIFF
That's all he got left cuz the 
alligator bit it!

Left arm gone clean up to the elbow!


           A
Well, the Sheriff got wind that Amos
             B
Was in the swamp tracking alligator 
skin.
        D7
So he snuck in the swamp, gonna get 
the boy.
But he never come out again.


RIFF
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana 
Sheriff went to?
You can sure get lost in the 
Louisiana Bayou!


[Bridge]

           E7                      
About forty-five minutes southeast 
       D7          A7
of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana
           E7                    
Lived a cat called Doc Milsap and 
         D7         A7
his pretty wife Hanna.
   E7                      C      
Well, they raised up a son who 
             D7
could eat up his weight in 
groceries.


OTHER RIFF
Named him after a man of the cloth,
Called him Amos Moses.


RIFF
Set out on 'em Amos.
Make it count, Son!