Amos Moses Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G]
[G]Yeah, here comes Amos

[Verse 1]
Now [G]Amos Moses was a Cajun
He [A]lived by himself in the [C]swamp
He hunted alligator for a living
He'd just knock them
in the head with a stump
The [G]Louisiana law gonna get you, Amos
It ain't legal hunting alligator down
in the swamp, boy

[Verse 2]
Now [G]everyone blamed his old man
For [A]making him mean as a [C]snake
When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy would use him
for alligator bait
Tie a [G]rope around his base
and throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou

[Bridge 1]
About [D]forty-five minutes
south[C]east of Thibodaux, Louisi[G]ana
Lived a [D]man called Doc Mill[C]sap
and his pretty wife [G]Hannah
Well, they [D]raised up a son
that could [Bb]eat up his weight in [C]groceries
[C]Named him after a man of the cloth
Called him Amos Moses
[G][G]

[Verse 3]
Now the [G]folks from down south Louisiana
Said [A]Amos was a hell of a [C]man
He could trap the biggest,
the meanest alligator
And he'd just use one hand
That's [G]all he got left
'cause an alligator bit it
Left arm gone clear up to the elbow

[Verse 4]
Well the [G]sheriff caught wind that Amos
Was in the [A]swamp trapping alligator [C]skin
So he snuck in the swamp to gon'
and get the boy
But he never come out again
Well, I [G]wonder
where the Louisiana sheriff went to
Well, you can sure get lost
in the Louisiana bayou

[Outro 1]
About [D]forty-five minutes
south[C]east of Thibodaux, Louisi[G]ana
Lived a [D]cat called Doc Mill[C]sap
and his pretty wife [G]Hannah
Well, they [D]raised up a son
that could [Bb]eat up his weight in [C]groceries
[C]Named him after a man of the cloth
Called him Amos Moses
[G]Sit down on 'em Amos!
Make it count son
[Repeat and fade]