Chords for Coat of Many Colors (2003 Remaster)

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Back through the years I go wandering once _ again
_ Back to the seasons of [F] my _ _ youth
I _ [C] recall a box of rags someone _ gave us
_ _ And how my mama put those _ [F] rags to use
_ _ There were rags of many colors
_ _ Every piece was small and I didn't have a coat
It [G] was way down in the fall
[C] Mama sewed the rags together
She [F] sewed every piece with love
She made [C] my coat of many _ colors
_ [G] I was so [C] proud _ of _
As she sewed she told a story
From the Bible she had read
About a coat of many _ colors
Joseph wore and then she said
_ [C] Perhaps this coat will bring you
Good [F] luck and happiness
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
His [G] mama blessed it then
[C]
My _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
coat of many colors that [C] my mama made for me
_ [F]
Made from only rags but [C] I wore it so [G] _ proudly _ _
_ Though [C] we didn't have much
_ _ [F] I was rich as I could be
In [C] my coat of many colors
_ [G] My mama [C] made for _ me _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Sewed with patches on a bridge
_ _ _ Holding both my _ shoes
In my coat of many _ colors
Well [G] I started off at school
[C] Just to find the children laughing
_ _ [F] _ Making fun of me
In my coat of many colors
_ _ [G] My mama [C] made for me
_ _ Now I didn't _ understand it
For I felt that I was rich
And I told them all the love my [G] mama sewed
In every stitch
_ [C]
All about the story
[F] Mama told me why she sewed
In [C] my coat of many _ colors
Was [G] worth more than all [C] their gold _
_ _ [F] They didn't _ understand it
And [C] I tried to make them see
[F] One is only poor _ [C] only if you _ [G]
choose to _ be
_ Though [C] we didn't have much
I [F] was rich as I could be
In [C] my coat of many colors
_ [Em] My mama [C] made for me _
[G] _ In [C] my coat of many colors
[G] My _ mama _ _ _ made
_ Just [F] for _ _ me
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