COAT OF MANY COLORS Chords by Daniel Odonnell

_ Thank you, I want to do a song now, and this is a song again that we have recorded just recently.
And I want to dedicate it to my mother.
She was 83 in July, she'll not be pleased that I told her age, but I'm only telling it, mother, because you look so good. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ This song was written by the great Dolly Parton about her life and about her mother,
and I know our lives are different and our mothers are different,
but [Gb] all of us, no matter where we come from, there's a thread that runs through,
and if we talk long enough, we can find that we're not that different at all.
This song is called The Coat of Many Colors.
[D] _
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Back through the years I go wandering once again
Back to the seasons [G] of my youth
_ [D] And I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
_ And how my mama put those [G] rags to use
Now [D] there were rags of many colors
And every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat
And it [A] was way down in the fall
[D] Mama sewed the rags together
[G] Sewing every piece with love
She [D] made my coat of many colors
[A] That I was [D] so proud of _
As she sewed she told the story
From the Bible she had read
About a coat of many colors
[A] Joseph wore and then she said
Perhaps [D] this coat will bring you
Good [G] luck and happiness
[D] I just couldn't wait to wear it
[A] And mama blessed it [D] with a kiss
_ [G] My coat of many colors
[D] That my mama made for me
[G] Made only from rags
[D] But I wore it so [A] proudly
_ [D] Although we had no money
[G] I was rich as I could be
In [D] my coat of many colors
[A] My mama made [D] for me
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] Sewed with patches on my breeches
And holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colors
[Bb] I hurried off to school
[Eb] Just to find the others laughing
[Ab] And making fun of me
In [Eb] my coat of many colors
[Bb] My mama made [Eb] for me
_ Well I didn't understand it
For I felt I was rich
And I told them of the love
My [Bb] mama sewed in every stitch
And I [Eb] told them all the stories
[Ab] Mama told me while she sewed
In how [Eb] my coat of many colors
Was [Bb] worth more than all [Eb] their clothes
They [Ab]
didn't understand it
And I tried to make them see
[Ab] That one is only poor
[Eb] Only if they [Bb] choose to be
Well [Eb] I know we had no money
But [Ab] I was rich as I could be
In [Eb] my coat of many colors
[Bb] My mama made [Eb] for me
_ In my coat of many colors
[Bb] My mama made [Ab] for me
Made [Eb] just for me
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