Amos Moses chords by Hank Williams

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Here come Amos

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Now Amos Moses was a Cajun
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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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He just knock 'em in the head with a stomp
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Louisiana law gonna getcha Amos
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It ain't legal huntin' alligator down in the swamp now

Well everyone blamed his ol' man

For makin' him mean as a snake

When Amos Moses was a boy, his daddy

Would use him for alligator bait

Tie a rope around his neck and choke him in the swamp

Yeah, alligator bait in the Louisiana Bayou.

Bridge:
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About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux Louisiana
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Live a man named Doc Milsap and pretty wife Hanna
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They raised up a son who could eat his weight in grocerieeees

Spoken: Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos Moses


Now the folks around south Louisiana
Said Amos was a helluva man
He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator
And just use one hand
That's all he got left 'cause the alligator bit it hahaha
Left arm gone clean up the elbow


Well the sheriff got wind that Amos
Was in the swamp trappin' alligator skin
So he snuck in the swamp. Gonna get the boy,
But he never come out again
Well, wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to
Now you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou