Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed - Amos Moses guitar tab

INTRO

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do this 4 times

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!

Aliigator bait in the Lousisana bayou

E7 D7 A7

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana

E7 D7 A7

Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna.

E7 C D7

Well, they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries.

OTHER RIFF

Named him after a man of the cloth,

Called him Amos Moses.

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!

E7 D7 A7

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana

E7 D7 A7

Lived a cat called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna.

E7 C D7

Well, they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries.

OTHER RIFF

Named him after a man of the cloth,

Called him Amos Moses.

Set out on 'em Amos.

Make it count, Son!

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana...

ARTIST: JERRY REED.

SONG: AMOS MOSES.

TABBER: LOUIS.

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