Amos Moses Cifras

AMOS MOSES
As recorded by Conway Twitty
(From the 1971 Album HOW MUCH MORE CAN SHE STAND)
 
 
 
Capo 1st fret
 
 
 
[Intro]
D7   A7
 
 
[Verse 1]
A7
Now Amos Moses was a Cajun
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He lived by himself in the swamp
D7
He haunted alligators for a livin'
D7
He just knock ’em in the head with a stump
 
 
[Verse 2]
    A7
The Louisiana law's gonna get ya Amos
A7
It ain't legal huntin’ alligators down in the swamp boy
A7
Now everybody blames his old man
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For makin' him mean as a snake
D7
When Amos Moses was a boy
D7
His daddy would use him for alligator bait
      A7
Tie a rope around his waist throw him in the swamp
A7
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou
 
 
[Chorus]
      E7                              D7           A7
About forty five minutes southeast of Tippidoe Louisiana
       E7                 D7                      A7
Live a man called Doc Millsap and his pretty wife Hannah
           E7
Well, they raised up a son
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That could eat up his weight in groc'ries
D7
Named him aftеr the man of the cloth
                     A7
Called him Amos Mosеs
 
 
[Verse 3]
A7
Now folks around south Louisiana
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Said Amos was a hell of a man
D7
He could trap the biggest the meanest alligator
D7
And just use only one hand
       A7
That's all he got left 'cause the alligator bit him
A7
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
 
 
[Verse 4]
A7
Well, the sheriff got wind
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That Amos was in the swamp trappin' alligator skins
D7
So he snook in the swamp
D7
Gonna get the boy but he never come out again
        A7
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to
A7
Well, you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou
 
 
[Chorus]
      E7                      D7                   A7
About forty five minutes southeast of Tippidoe Louisiana
       E7                 D7                      A7
Live a man called Doc Millsap and his pretty wife Hannah
           E7
Well, they raised up a son
           C7                   D7
That could eat up his weight in groc'ries
D7
Named him aftеr the man of the cloth
                     A7
Called him Amos Mosеs
      E7                      D7                   A7
About forty five minutes southeast of Tippidoe Louisiana
       E7                 D7                      A7
Live a man called Doc Millsap and his pretty wife Hannah
           E7
Well, they raised up a son
           C7                   D7
That could eat up his weight in groc'ries
D7
Named him aftеr the man of the cloth
                     A7
Called him Amos Mosеs
 
 
[Outro]
A7
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