Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

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Back through the years I go wondering once again
                          C
Back to the seasons of my youth
                            G
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
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And how my momma put these rags to use

Verse 2

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There were rags of many colors and every piece was small
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And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
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Momma sewed the rags together sewing ever piece with love
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She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of

Verse 3

As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read
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About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said
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Perhaps this coat will bring you much love and happiness
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And I just couldn't wait to wear it
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And momma blessed it with a kiss

Verse 4

   C                                          G
My coat of many colors that my momma made for me
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Made only rags but I wore it so proudly
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Although we had no money oh I was rich as I could be
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In my coat of many colors my momma made for me

Verse 5

So with patches on my breaches and holes in both my shoes
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In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school
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Just to find the others laughing and making fun of me
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In my coat of many colors my momma made for me

Verse 6

Oh I couldn't understand it for I felt I was rich
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And I told them of the love my momma sewed in ever stitch
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And I told them all the story momma told me while she sewed
                        G
And how my coat of many colors
   D7                           G
Is worth more than all of their clothes

Verse 7

     C                                              G
They didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see
C                     G                      D7
That one is only poor only if they choose to be
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Now I know we have no money but I'm as rich as I could be
      G                   D7                G
In my coat of many colors my momma made for me