How to Play Amos Moses on Guitar?

Jerry Reed - Amos Moses can be played in the key of A7 using the A7, B7, D7, C, E7 chords. For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B. For B7, To play B7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, B ring open. For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Amos Moses with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Jerry Reed - Amos Moses Chords

Chord reference A7, B7, D7, C, E7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[A7]Yeah, here comes Amos! [A7]Now Amos Moses was a Cajun. He [B7]lived by himself in the swamp. He [D7]hunted alligator for a living, he’d just knock them in the head with a [D7]stump. The [A7]Louisiana law gonna get you, Amos. [A7] It ain’t legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy. [A7]

[A7]Now everyone blamed his old man, for [B7]making him mean as a snake. When [D7]Amos Moses was a boy, his daddy would use him for alligator [D7]bait. Tie a [A7]rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp. [A7] Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou. [A7]

About [E7]forty-five minutes south-[D7]east of Thibodaux, [A7]Louisiana, lived a [E7]man called Doc Mill[D7]sap and his pretty wife [A7]Hannah. Well, they [E7]raised up a son that could [C]eat up his weight in [D7]groceries. Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos [A7]Moses. [A7]

[A7]Now the folks around south Louisiana said [B7]Amos was a hell of a man. He could [D7]trap the biggest, the meanest alligator, and just use one [D7]hand. That’s [A7]all he’s got left ’cause the alligator bit it. [A7] Left arm gone clear up to the elbow. [A7]

[A7]Well, the sheriff caught wind that Amos was in the [B7]swamp trapping alligator skin. So he [D7]snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy, but he never come out again. [D7] Well I [A7]wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to? [A7] Well, you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou. [A7]

About [E7]forty-five minutes south-[D7]east of Thibodaux, [A7]Louisiana, lived a [E7]cat called Doc Mill[D7]sap and his pretty wife [A7]Hannah. Well, they [E7]raised up a son that could [C]eat up his weight in [D7]groceries. Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos [A7]Moses. [A7]

Set out on ‘em Amos! Make it count son! About [E7]forty-five minutes south-[D7]east of Thibodaux, [A7]Louisiana, lived a [E7]man called Doc Mill[D7]sap and his pretty wife [A7]Hannah. Well, they [E7]raised up a son that could [C]eat up his weight in [D7]groceries. Named him after a man of the cloth, called him Amos [A7]Moses. [A7]

Artist Jerry Reed

Album Georgia Sunshine

Genres Country

Year 1970

Key A7

Jerry Reed - Amos Moses can be played in the key of A7 using the A7, B7, D7, C, E7 chords.

For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
For B7, To play B7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, B ring open.
For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Amos Moses with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.