Key: D
Introduction:
D7
He hunted alligator for a livin'
D7
Just knock 'em in the head with a stump.
RIFF
D7
For makin' him mean as a snake.
D7HARD
His Daddy would use his for alligator bait.
RIFF
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About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana
E7 D7 A7
Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna.
E7 C D7
Well, they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries.
OTHER RIFF
A
Now all the folks around south Louisiana
B
Said Amos was a hell of a man.
D7
He could trap the biggest,
D7
The meanest alligator,
D7
And just use one hand.
RIFF
A
Well, the Sheriff got wind that Amos
B
Was in the swamp tracking alligator skin.
D7
So he snuck in the swamp, gonna get the boy.
But he never come out again.
E7 D7 A7
About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Lousisiana
E7 D7 A7
Lived a cat called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna.
E7 C D7
Well, they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries.
OTHER RIFF