Chords for Coat of many colors

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Back through the years I go wondering once again
_ Back to the seasons of [A] my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us _
And how my mama put those rags to use There were rags of many colors
Some of them were small I didn't have a coat
It [E] was way down in the fall [A] Mama sewed the rags together
[E] Sewing every piece with love She made [A] my coat of many colors
[Em] That I was so [A] proud of As she sewed she told a story
From the Bible she had read About a coat of many colors
[Em] Joseph wore it then she said [A] Perhaps this coat will bring you
[D] Good luck and happiness [A] I just couldn't wait to wear it
And [E] mama blessed it [A] with a kiss _ [D] My coat of many colors
[A] That my mama made for me [D] Made only from rags
[A] But I wore it so [E] proudly _ [A] Although we had no money
[D] I was rich as I could be [A] In my coat of many colors
[E] My mama [A] made for me _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] Sewed scotches on my breeches
And bones in both my shoes In my coat of many colors
[F#] Well I hurried off to school [B] Just to find the others laughing
[E] And making fun of me [B] In my coat of many colors
That mama made for me No I couldn't understand it
For I felt I was rich And I told them of the love
[F#] My mama sewed in every stitch [B] And I told them all this story
[E] Mama told me while she sewed And [B] how my coat of many colors
[F#] Was worth more than [B] all their clothes
[E] They didn't understand [B] it And I tried to make them see
[E] That one is only poor [B] Only if one [F#] chooses to be
And [B] now I know we had no money [E] But I was rich as I could be
[B] In my coat of many [F#] colors My mama [B] made for me
And now I know we had no money [E] But I was rich as I could be
[B] In my coat of many colors [F#] My mama made [B] for me _ _ _ _ _