Amos Moses — Jerry Reed
Chords and lyrics for Amos Moses by Jerry Reed (key of Am).
Intro Chords
| A7 | | | A7 |
Yeah! Here comes Amos!
Verse 1
[A7]Now Amos Moses was a Cajun
[B7]He lived by hisself in the [D7]swamp
He [D7]hunted alligator for a living
[D7]He'd just knock them in the head with a stump (Stop)
The [A7]Louisiana law gonna get you Amos
[A7]It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp boy
Verse 2
[A7]Now everyone blamed his old man
for [B7]making him mean as a [D7]snake
When [D7]Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy would use him for alligator bait (Stop)
Tie a [A7]rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp Ha ha ha
[A7]Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou
Chorus
About [E]forty-five minutes [D7]southeast of Thibodeaux [A7]Louisiana
Lived a [E]man called Dr. [D7]Milsap and his pretty wife [A7]Hannah
Well, they [E]raised up a son that could [C]eat up his weight in [D7]groceries
[D7]Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses [A7]Yeah
Verse 3
[A7]Now all the folks around south Louisiana
[B7]said Amos was a hell of a [D7]man
[D7]He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator
[D7]and just use one hand (Stop)
That's [A7]all he got left cause the alligator bit it Ha ha ha
[A7]Left arm gone clear up to the elbow
Verse 4
[A7]Well the sheriff got wind that Amos
was up in the [B7]swamp trapping alligator [D7]skins
[D7]So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy
[D7]but he never come out again (Stop)
[A7]Well, I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to Heh heh
[A7]Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou
Chorus
About [E]forty-five minutes south of [D7]Thibodeaux[A7] Louisiana
Lived [E]a cat called Dr. [D7]Milsap and his pretty wife [A7]Hannah
They [E]raised up a son who could[C] eat his weight in[D7] groceries.
[D7](Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses)[A7]
[A7]Sit down on, 'em, Amos. Make it count son.
About [E]forty-five minutes south of [D7][A7]Thibodeaux Louisiana
Lived [E]a man called Dr. [D7]Milsap and his pretty wife [A7]Hannah.
They [E]raised up a son that [C]could eat his weight [D7]in groceries.
[D7](Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses)[A7]
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