Amos Moses Jerry Reed As recorded by Cross Canadian Ragweed CD: Live & Loud at the Wormy Dog Transcribed by Larry Herriman This song is pretty easy to play once you get the main riff down. e----------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------| D----2-2--------22--2--------2-2---------| A----0-0-3P0----00--0-3P0----0-0-3P0---0-| E--3---------3------------3----------3---| You also need to use a lot of alternate picking and up and down strumming to get the right sound. Intro 2X (COUNTS OFF BY STRUMMING MUTED STRINGS) e----------------------------------------|---------------| B----------------------------------------|--3-3----3-----| G----------------------------------------|--2-2----2-----| D----2-2--------22--2--------2-2---------|--0-0----0-----| A----0-0-3P0----00--0-3P0----0-0-3P0---0-|---------------| E--3---------3------------3----------3---|---------------| e----------------------------------------|---------------| B----------------------------------------|--3-3----------| G----------------------------------------|--2-2----------| D----2-2--------22--2--------2-2---------|--0-0----------| A----0-0-3P0----00--0-3P0----0-0-3P0---0-|---------------| E--3---------3------------3----------3---|---------------| A Bm D Now Amos Moses was a Cajun He lived by his self in the swamp He hunted alligator for livin' G* He just knocked em' in the head with a stump Louisiana law gonna get you Amos (Play Riff) It ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp boy (Play Riff) A Bm D Now everybody blamed his old man For makin' him mean as a snake G* When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy'd use him for alligator bait Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp (Play Riff) Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou (Play Riff) Chorus Bm D A A About forty-five minutes south of Thibadoux Louisiana e-----------------------------------------------------------------| B-----3-----------------3-------------------------2-----------2---| G-----4-----------------2-------------------------2-----------2---| D-----4-----------------0-------------------------2-----------2---| A-----2-------------------------------------------0-----3b4---0---| E-----------------------------------------------------------------| Bm D A A Lived a cat named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna e-----------------------------------------------------------------| B-----3-----------------3-------------------------2-----------2---| G-----4-----------------2-------------------------2-----------2---| D-----4-----------------0-------------------------2-----------2---| A-----2-------------------------------------------0-----3b4---0---| E-----------------------------------------------------------------| Bm D Well they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries Play this at the end of the line above: e--3p2-------| B------3-0---| G----------2-| D-------------| A-------------| E-------------| D Named him after a man of the cloth Called him Amos Moses Riff 2X A Bm D Everybody in south Louisiana Said Amos was a helluva man G* He could trap the biggest and meanest alligator and just use one hand That's all he got left cause a alligator bit it (Play Riff) Left arm gone clean up to the elbow (Play Riff) A Bm D Well the sheriff caught wind of Amos In the swamp trappin alligator skins G* That sheriff went lookin for Amos boy you know he never come out again I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to (Play Riff) You can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou (Play Riff) Chorus Riff 2X Ahhhhhhh, make it count son! Chorus Riff Sonnnnnnnn! Riff Chords: EADGBE A x0222x Bm x2443x D xx023x G* 35xxxx (G5 chord with the bottom four strings muted. Rake strings from bottom to top) Send all comments, corrections, additions, and cussins' to larryherriman@excite.com Let me know how you like it.