Two Coats Chords by Ralph Stanley

_ Two coats were [Ab] before me, an old and a new.
_ _ _ I could have either, so what must I do?
_ _ One coat was ugly and terribly torn,
_ _ The other, a new one, had never been worn. _ _
The old coat was earthly and not fit to wear. _ _
I thought of it often, shed many tears,
_ Then there was the clean one, presented to view.
_ _ I laid off the old coat and put on the new.
_ _ I'll tell you the best thing I ever did do,
_ I laid off the old coat and put on the new. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ The first man was earthly and made on the ground.
_ _ We bore all his enemies, the whole world around. _ _
The next was my savior from heaven so proud. _ _
He gave me this new coat, you now see why. _
_ Now this coat, it fits me, keeps me sore.
_ _ _ It's good in the winter, it's good in the storm.
_ _ My savior has dressed me in garments so round.
_ _ He fills me with glory, his image I'll bound.
_ _ I'll tell you the best thing [Abm] I ever did [Ab] do, _
I laid off the old coat and put on the new. _ _
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