Chords for Dolly Parton playing 'Coat of Many Colors' on an Autoharp
Tempo:
90.025 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
C
Eb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
I just wanted to make mention of that.
up.
just tell you anything and make it sound good.
anything and make it taste good.
pretty good.
[F] True story.
I lost mom and daddy both just a few years back.
So we'll dedicate this to all the good mommas and daddies that you have with us [Db] tonight.
up.
just tell you anything and make it sound good.
anything and make it taste good.
pretty good.
[F] True story.
I lost mom and daddy both just a few years back.
So we'll dedicate this to all the good mommas and daddies that you have with us [Db] tonight.
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Bb
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Eb
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I just wanted to make mention of that.
Of course [E] my mom was always like me, she [F] never shut up.
[Ebm] She didn't know how.
She was a big hearted [N] person there.
Everybody loved her.
She could just tell you anything and make it sound good.
She could cook anything and make it taste good.
_ She could sew anything, make it look pretty good.
Even if it wasn't.
From a bunch of scraps. _
_ _ [F] True story.
And I always thank my mom and daddy.
I lost mom and daddy both just a few years back.
And I always feel like [E] they're watching me.
So we'll dedicate this to all the good mommas and daddies that you have with us [Db] tonight.
And this goes like [B] this.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Through the years I go wondering once again.
_ Back to the seasons [Eb] of my youth.
And I [Bb] recall a box of rags that someone gave us.
And how my mama put the rags [Eb] to use.
There [Bb] were rags of many colors.
But every piece was small.
And I didn't have a coat.
[F] And it was way down in the ball.
[Bb] Mama sewed the rags together.
[Eb] Sewing every piece with love.
She made [Bb] my coat of many colors.
[F] That I was [Bb] so proud of.
While mama sewed she told a story.
From the bible she had read.
About a coat of many colors.
[F] Joseph wore it and then she said.
[Bb] I hope this coat of rags gives [Eb] good luck and happiness.
And I [Bb] just couldn't wait to wear it.
And [F] mama blessed it [Bb] with a kiss.
[Eb] My coat of many colors that my mama [Bb] made for me.
[Eb] Made only from rags.
[Bb] But I wore it [F] so proudly.
[Bb] And although we had no money.
I [Eb] was rich as I could be.
In [Bb] my coat of many colors.
[Dm] Mama [Bb] made for me.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Sewed patches on my breeches.
Holes in both my shoes.
In my coat of many colors.
[G] I hurried off to school.
[C] Just to find the others laughing.
[F] And making fun of me.
In [C] my coat of many colors.
[G] Mama [C] made for me.
And oh I couldn't understand that.
Cause I felt I was rich.
And I told her of the love.
[G] Mama sewed it every stitch.
[C] I even told them all that story.
[F] Mama told me while she sewed it.
[C] Why my coat of many colors.
Was [G] worth more than all their [C] clothes.
_ _ [F] _ They didn't understand it.
[C] And I tried to make them see.
[F] One is [G] only [F] poor.
[Em] Only if [G] they choose to be.
It's [C] true we had no money.
[F] But I was rich as I could be.
[C] In my coat of many colors.
[G] Mama [F] made for me.
Cause [C] she made just for me.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [B] _
Of course [E] my mom was always like me, she [F] never shut up.
[Ebm] She didn't know how.
She was a big hearted [N] person there.
Everybody loved her.
She could just tell you anything and make it sound good.
She could cook anything and make it taste good.
_ She could sew anything, make it look pretty good.
Even if it wasn't.
From a bunch of scraps. _
_ _ [F] True story.
And I always thank my mom and daddy.
I lost mom and daddy both just a few years back.
And I always feel like [E] they're watching me.
So we'll dedicate this to all the good mommas and daddies that you have with us [Db] tonight.
And this goes like [B] this.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Through the years I go wondering once again.
_ Back to the seasons [Eb] of my youth.
And I [Bb] recall a box of rags that someone gave us.
And how my mama put the rags [Eb] to use.
There [Bb] were rags of many colors.
But every piece was small.
And I didn't have a coat.
[F] And it was way down in the ball.
[Bb] Mama sewed the rags together.
[Eb] Sewing every piece with love.
She made [Bb] my coat of many colors.
[F] That I was [Bb] so proud of.
While mama sewed she told a story.
From the bible she had read.
About a coat of many colors.
[F] Joseph wore it and then she said.
[Bb] I hope this coat of rags gives [Eb] good luck and happiness.
And I [Bb] just couldn't wait to wear it.
And [F] mama blessed it [Bb] with a kiss.
[Eb] My coat of many colors that my mama [Bb] made for me.
[Eb] Made only from rags.
[Bb] But I wore it [F] so proudly.
[Bb] And although we had no money.
I [Eb] was rich as I could be.
In [Bb] my coat of many colors.
[Dm] Mama [Bb] made for me.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Sewed patches on my breeches.
Holes in both my shoes.
In my coat of many colors.
[G] I hurried off to school.
[C] Just to find the others laughing.
[F] And making fun of me.
In [C] my coat of many colors.
[G] Mama [C] made for me.
And oh I couldn't understand that.
Cause I felt I was rich.
And I told her of the love.
[G] Mama sewed it every stitch.
[C] I even told them all that story.
[F] Mama told me while she sewed it.
[C] Why my coat of many colors.
Was [G] worth more than all their [C] clothes.
_ _ [F] _ They didn't understand it.
[C] And I tried to make them see.
[F] One is [G] only [F] poor.
[Em] Only if [G] they choose to be.
It's [C] true we had no money.
[F] But I was rich as I could be.
[C] In my coat of many colors.
[G] Mama [F] made for me.
Cause [C] she made just for me.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [B] _