AMOS MOSES
-This song was originally by Jerry Reed - This is Garth Brooks version which can
be found on his box set blame it all on my roots
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YEAH
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HERE COME AMOS
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NOW AMOS MOSES WAS A CAJON
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HE LIVED BY HIMSELF IN THE SWAMP
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HE HUNTED ALLIGATORS FOR A LIVIN’
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JUST KNOCK EM IN THE HEAD WITH A STUMP
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THE LOUISIANA LAW GONNA GET YOU AMOS
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IT AINT LEGAL HUNTING ALLIGATORS DOWN IN THE SWAMP, BOY!
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NOW EVERYONE BLAMES HIS OLD MAN
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FOR MAKING HIM MEAN AS A SNAKE
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CAUSE WHEN AMOS MOSES WAS A BOY
HIS DADDY USED HIM AS ALLIGATOR BAIT
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TIE A ROPE AROUND HIS WAIST THROW HIM IN THE SWAMP HA HA
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ALLIGATOR BAIT IN LOUISIANA BAYOU
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ABOUT FOURTY FIVE MINUTES SOUTHEAST OF THIBODEAUX, LOUISIANA
E7 D7 A
LIVED A MAN CALLED DOC MILSAP AND HIS PRETTY WIFE ANNA
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WELL THEY RAISED UP A SON WHO COULD EAT HIS WEIGHT IN GROCHERIES
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THEY NAMED HIM AFTER A MAN CALLED HIM AMOS MOSES
OF THE CLOTH
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NOW FOLKS AROUND SOUTH LOUISIANA
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SAID AMOS MOSES WAS A HELL OF A MAN
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HE COULD TRAP THE BIGGEST
THE MEANEST ALLIGATOR
AND JUST USE ONE HAND
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THAT’S ALL HE’S GOT LEFT CAUSE THE ALLIGATOR BIT IT
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LEFT ARM GONE CLEAN UP TO THE ELBOW
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WELL THE SHERIFF GOT WIND THAT AMOS
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WAS IN THE SWAMP TRACKING ALLIGATOR SKIN
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SO HE SNUCK IN THE SWAMP GONNA GET THE BOY
BUT HE NEVER COME OUT AGAIN
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WELL I WONDER WHERE THE LOUISIANA SHERIFF WENT TO
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YOU CAN SURE GET LOST IN THE LOUISIANA BAYOU
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ABOUT FOURTY FIVE MINUTES SOUTHEAST OF THIBODEAUX, LOUISIANA
E7 D7 A
LIVED A MAN CALLED DOC MILSAP AND HIS PRETTY WIFE ANNA
E7 C D7
WELL THEY RAISED UP A SON WHO COULD EAT HIS WEIGHT IN GROCHERIES
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THEY NAMED HIM AFTER A MAN CALLED HIM AMOS MOSES
OF THE CLOTH
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