Artist: Emmylou Harris | Song: Coat Of Many Colors

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Song: Coat Of Many Colors Tab

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Emmylou Harris     Coat Of Many Colors   written by Dolly Parton

Rick Cunha         acoustic guitar
James Burton       dobro
Byron Berline      fiddle
Glen D Hardin      piano
Ray Pohlman        bass
Ron Tutt           drums
Ben Keith          steel guitar
Fayssoux Starling  harmony
     
       
C     
Back through the years I go wondering once again
                          F
Back to the seasons of my youth
      C
I recall a box of rags  someone gave us
                                    F 
And how my mamma put those rags to use
           C     
There were rags of many Colors and every piece was small
                                    G                G
And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
       C                                  F
Mamma sewed the rags together  she sewied ever piece with love
            C                    G              C
She made my coat of many Colors  I was so proud of
       C
As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read
                                   G 
About a coat of many Colors Joseph wore and then she said
 C                                     F
Perhaps this coat will bring you good love and happiness
           C
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
          G                C
As mamma blessed it with a kiss
    F                           C
My  coat of many Colors that my mamma made for me
F                           C             G
Made from  only rags  but I wore it so proudly
          C                               F
though we didn't have much money oh I was rich as I could be
      C                      G              C
In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me
C     
So with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes
                                  G
In my coat of many Colors  well I started off to school
        C                              F          
Just to find the children laughing and makin' fun of me
      C                      G              C
In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me
 C   
Now  I didn't understand it for I felt that I was rich
                                     G
And I told them of the love my mamma sewed in ever stitch
C                         F
All about the story mamma told me while she sewed
           C       
And how my coat of many Colors
          G                      C
WAs worth more than all of their gold
     F                           C 
They didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see
F                    C                G
One's only poor only if you choose to be
          C                 F                     C
We didnt  have no money but I'm as rich as I could be
      C                      G              C 
In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me
      C                      G                   F  C
In my coat of many Colors my mamma made just for me

From Emmylou Harris "Pieces Of The Sky"
Owepar Publishing(BMI)
Reprise Records 1975