Coat Of Many Colors Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][Em][G][Em][G]

[Verse 1]
Back through the years
I go wandering once again
Back to the seasons of my [C]youth
I re[G]call the box of rags
Someone gave us
How my mama put the rags to [C]use
There were [G]rags of many colors
Every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat
And it was [D]way down in the fall
Mama [G]sewed the rags together
Sewing [C]every piece with love
She made my [G]coat of many colors
[D]That I was so proud of[G][D]
As [G]she sewed she told a story
From the Bible she had read
About a coat of many colors
Joseph [D]wore and then she said
"Per[G]haps this coat will bring you
Good [C]luck and happiness"
And I just [G]couldn't wait to wear it
Mama [D]blessed it with a [G]kiss
My [C]coat of many colors
That my [G]mama made for me
[C]Made only from rags
But I [G]wore it so [D]proudly
[G]Although we had no money
I was [C]rich as I could be
In my [G]coat of many colors
[D]My mama made for [G]me[Em]
[D]So with [G]patches on my britches
Holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colors
I [D]hurried off to school
Just to [G]find the others laughing
[C]And making fun of me
In my [G]coat of many colors
[D]My mama made for [G]me
Oh [D]I c[G]ould not understand it
For I felt I was rich
And I told them of the love
My mama [D]sewed in every stitch
And I [G]told them all the story
Mama [C]told me while she sewed
And how [D]my [G]coat of many colors
Was worth [D]more than all their [G]clothes
But they [C]didn't understand it
And I [G]tried to make them see
That [C]one is only poor
Only [G]if they choose to [D]be
Now I [G]know we had no money
But I was [C]rich as I could be
[D]In my [G]coat of many colors
[D]My mama made for [C]me
[D]Just for[C] me[G][D]