Cross Canadian Ragweed - Amos Moses Tabs

Amos Moses
Jerry Reed
Cross Canadian Ragweed


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Intro 2X 
     								      
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Now Amos Moses was a Cajun  He lived by his self in the swamp
 

 He hunted alligator for livin' 
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He just knocked em' in the head with a stump
						  
Louisiana law gonna get you Amos  (Riff)

It ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp boy  (Riff)

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Now everybody blamed his old man   For makin' him mean as a snake
 
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When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy'd use him for alligator bait

Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp (Play Riff) 

Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou  (Play Riff)

Chorus
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  About forty-five minutes south of Thibadoux Louisiana
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Lived a cat named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna
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Well they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries


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Named him after a man of the cloth

Called him Amos Moses  Riff 2X


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Everybody in south Louisiana   Said Amos was a helluva man
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He could trap the biggest and meanest alligator   and just use one hand

That's all he got left cause a alligator bit it  (Play Riff)

Left arm gone clean up to the elbow  (Play Riff)

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Well the sheriff caught wind of Amos  In the swamp trappin alligator skins
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That sheriff went lookin for Amos boy you know he never come out again
 
I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to    (Play Riff)

You can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou   (Play Riff)

Chorus
Riff 2X      
Chorus
Riff     
Riff



if you can figure out the riff then the rest of it is easy



Kyle Burgess---kburgess14 at hotmail