Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro Chords] | A7 | | | A7 | [Verse 1]

^A7Now Amos Moses was a Cajun. ^A7He lived by himself in the swamp. He ^D7hunted alligator for a living. ^D7He'd just knock them in the head with a stump. (Stop) The ^A7Louisiana law gonna get you Amos. ^A7It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp boy.

[Verse 2] A7 Now everyone blamed his old man for A7 making him mean as a snake. When D7 Amos Moses was a boy His daddy would use him for alligator bait. (Stop) Tie a A7 rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp. A7 Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou. [Chorus]

About ^Dforty-five minutes south of ^D7Thibodaux ^A7Louisiana, ^A7Lived a ^Dman called Dr. Mills ^D7South and his pretty wife ^A7Hannah. They ^D7raised up a son who could ^Ceat his weight in ^D7groceries. ^D7(Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses) ^A7

[Verse 3]

^A7Now the folks around south Louisiana, ^A7said Amos was a hell of a man. ^A7He could ^D7trap the biggest meanest alligator ^D7and he'd just use one hand. (Stop) That's ^A7all he got left cause an alligator bit it. ^A7Left arm gone clear up to the elbow.

[Verse 4]

^A7Well the sheriff caught wind that Amos ^A7was up in the swamp trading skins. ^A7So he ^D7snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy, ^D7but he never came out again. (Stop) ^A7I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to. ^A7Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou.

[Chorus]

About ^Dforty-five minutes south of ^D7Thibodaux^A7 Louisiana, ^A7Lived a ^Dman called Dr. Mills ^D7South and his pretty wife ^A7Hannah. They ^D7raised up a son who could ^Ceat his weight in ^D7groceries. ^D7(Named him after a man of the cloth called him Amos Moses) ^A7

Jerry Reed - Amos moses