Amos Moses chords

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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 
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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 
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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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