{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1828315,"song":"Amos Moses","artist":"Jerry Reed","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11403779-amos-moses-chords-by-jerry-reed/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1828315?type=chord","rating":4.61847,"votes":132,"content":"[Intro Chords]\r\n[tab]| [ch]A7[/ch] |   |   | [ch]A7[/ch] |\r\nYeah!  Here comes Amos![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNow Amos Moses was a Cajun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe lived by hisself in the swamp [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe hunted alligator for a living[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe'd just knock them in the head with a stump (Stop)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe Louisiana law gonna get you Amos[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNow everyone blamed his old man [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nfor making him mean as a snake[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhen Amos Moses was a boy [/tab]\r\n\r\nHis daddy would use him for alligator bait (Stop)\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp   Ha ha ha[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAlligator bait in the Louisiana bayou[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAbout forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux Louisiana[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLived a man called Dr. Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWell, they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNamed him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses   Yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNow all the folks around south Louisiana[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nsaid Amos was a hell of a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nand just use one hand (Stop) [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat's all he got left cause the alligator bit it  Ha ha ha[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLeft arm gone clear up to the elbow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell the sheriff got wind that Amos [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nwas up in the swamp trapping alligator skins[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSo he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nbut he never come out again (Stop)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell, I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to   Heh heh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAbout forty-five minutes south of Thibodeaux Louisiana[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLived a cat called Dr. Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThey raised up a son who could eat his weight in groceries.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n(Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSit down on, 'em, Amos.  Make it count son.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAbout forty-five minutes south of Thibodeaux Louisiana[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLived a man called Dr. Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThey raised up a son that could eat his weight in groceries.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n(Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro Chords]\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\nHis daddy would use him for alligator bait (Stop)\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A7","B7","D7","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}