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