Amos Moses by Jerry Reed chord diagrams: A- (x02220@1)0 0 2 2 2 0 B- (x2444x@1)x 2 4 4 4 2 D7- (xx0212@1)x 0 0 2 1 2 E7- (020130@1)0 2 0 1 0 0 A7- (x02020@1)x 0 2 2 2 3 The strumming pattern is kinda hard to get, but listen to the song and play around and you'll have it in no time. ----------------------------| (4x) ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| ----------------------------| ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| ----------------------------| ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| ----------------------------| ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| Yeah! Here comes Amos! (that's during the final bit of the intro) ANow (x02220@1)Amos moses was a cajon B (x2444x@1)He lived by himself in the swamp. D7He (xx0212@1)hunted alligator for a livin' D7Just (xx0212@1)knock 'em in the head with a stump. ----------------------------| (play this a few times every time I show it) ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| The Lousisana law gonna get you, Amos!(during the riff) It ain't legal huntin' alligator down in the swamp, boy! AWell, (x02220@1)everybody blamed his old man B (x2444x@1) D7For (xx0212@1)makin' him mean as a snake. D7When (xx0212@1)Amos Moses was a boy, D7 (xx0212@1)His Daddy would use his for alligator bait. ----------------------------| ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp! Aliigator bait in the Lousisana bayou E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7About (x02020@1)forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7Lived (x02020@1)a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Anna. E7 (020130@1) C (x32010@1) D7Well, (xx0212@1)they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries. (Haven't quite gotten this riff yet, but will post as soon as I get it) ----------------------------| ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| Named him after a man of the cloth, Called him Amos Moses. ANow (x02220@1)all the folks around south Louisiana BSaid (x2444x@1)Amos was a hell of a man. D7He (xx0212@1)could trap the biggest, D7The (xx0212@1)meanest alligator, D7And (xx0212@1)just use one hand. ----------------------------| ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| That's all he got left cuz the alligator bit it! Left arm gone clean up to the elbow! AWell, (x02220@1)the Sheriff got wind that Amos BWas (x2444x@1)in the swamp tracking alligator skin. D7So (xx0212@1)he snuck in the swamp, gonna get the boy. But he never come out again. ----------------------------| ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to? You can sure get lost in the Louisiana Bayou! E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7About (x02020@1)forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7Lived (x02020@1)a cat called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Anna. E7 (020130@1) C (x32010@1) D7Well, (xx0212@1)they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries. (once again there's the part I don't know yet. Just using the original doesn't sound too bad though, and it does fade back into it so you should be good) ----------------------------| ----------------------------| -------2-5-2-0-0-2-5-2------| ----------------------------| -----0----------------------| -3b-------------------------| Named him after a man of the cloth, Called him Amos Moses. Set out on 'em Amos. Make it count, Son! E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7About (x02020@1)forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana... E7 (020130@1) D7 (xx0212@1) A7Lived (x02020@1)a cat called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Anna.
