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.
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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)
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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
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Bm D A A
Lived a cat named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna
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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:
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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
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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)
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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.
