Chords for Two Coats Tommy Bates

_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I find whatsoever state I'm in, brother, therewith to be content.
Praise God. _ _
_ [Em] My sister asked me if [D] I sang Bluegrass.
This song [Em] is from the mountains.
And it's not on [D] any of my CDs, but it's on my new one coming out.
And by the way, [G] if you're a partner, you automatically get those.
Every [D] music project we get, we give you those.
That's part of [Em] the partnership deal.
We just finished our Christmas [D] project.
We gave all those away to our [G] partners, too.
_ This song just simply [D] says, [G] it's about 100 years old.
And it's what the old people used to sing when I was little. _
[D] And it says, I tell you the best [G] thing I ever did do [C] is when I laid off my old coat _ [G] and
I put on my [D] new.
_ _ _ [G] In other words, the best thing ever happened to me was I got rid of that old life and took
on the [D] new.
Praise God.
_ [G] _
_ _ [D] Oh, [Am] two [D] coats before _ me, an _ old and a [G] new.
_ [C] Oh, [G] _
[F] I _ [Dm] could have either. _
[C] Oh, what _ [G] must I [D] do?
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, one [Am] coat _
[D] was ugly _ _ and _ [A]
[G] terrible to [Dm] throw.
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] Oh, the other [F] _ was a [G] new coat.
[C] Had _ [G] never been [D] worn.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
[G] Two [D] coats before me, an old and a new.
[G] I _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] could [D] have either.
[G] Oh, what [D] must I do?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D]
One coat [Am] was ugly and terrible throw.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ The other was a [G] new [C] coat.
[G] Had never [Am] been [Em]
[Dm] worn.
[G] _ [D] I tell you [Dm] the best thing [D] I ever did do is [Am] when I laid off [D] the old coat [G] and I put [Am] on the new.
_ _ [D] _ [G]
Tell you the best thing [Dm] I ever did do is when I laid _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] [Dm] off the new.
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] This coat, it suits me, keeps me so warm.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
It's good in the winter.
[G] It's good in [Am] the storm.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ My Savior [Dm] has dressed me in [Em] garments so _
_ _ [G] rare.
_ [Dm] _ [Em] He brought me [Dm] this new [C] coat, you [G] now [D] see me [Am] wear. _
_ [D] I'll [Em] tell you the best [D] thing I ever [Am] did do [D] is when I laid off the old [C] coat and I put [G] on [Dm] the new.
_ _ [Em] Tell you the [Dm] best thing [Em] I [D] ever did do is when I laid off the old coat [C] and I [G] put [Dm] on the new.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [B] _
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ [E] _
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ First coat was earth-like, made [C] of the _ [Am] ground.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[D] We all bore his [C] image, [G] the whole world around.
[Am] My [Em] _ _ _ _
_ Savior has dressed me [Am] in [D] garments so _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] [Am] rare.
[Em] _ _
[D] He brought me this new coat, [C] you [G] now [D] see me wear.
[Am] _ _ [Em] [D] I'll tell you the best [Am] thing I ever did [D] do is when [Em] I [Dm] laid off the old coat [C] and I [G] put on the new. _ _
I'll tell you the best thing [E] I [D] ever did do is when I laid [G] off the old coat [C] and I put
on the [G] new. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [B] Oh, this coat, [Am] it suits me, keeps me so [Em] _ [B] warm.
_ [C] _
[F] _ _ [G] _ It's good in the winter.
[C] It's [B] good in the [Em] storm. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] My Savior [Em] has dressed me [D] in [Em] [D] garments so _ [Am] [Em] rare.
_ [D] _ _
[Am] _ [Em] [D] He brought me this new coat, [C] you [G] now see [Am] me wear.
[B] _ _ [Dm] I'll [Am] tell you the best thing [Dm] [Em] I [Dm] ever did do [E] is when I laid off [D] the old coat [C] [G] and [Am] I put
on the new. _
[G] _ _ [Em] I'll tell you the [C] best [Dm] thing [Em] I ever [Dm] did [Em] do is when I laid [Dm] off the old [C] coat and [G] I put
[C] on the new.
[Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] [D] There were two coats fit for me, an old and a [C] new.
[Dm] _
Yeah, I _ _ _ _ could have either.
[C] _ [G] What [D] must I do? _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] One coat was [Dm] ugly _ in terrible _ _ form.
I'm not ready to [D] shout.
The [Em] other was a new coat and it was _ worn.
[D] I'll tell you the best [G] thing [D] I [G] ever did do [D] is when I laid off the old coat [C] and I [D] put
on the [G] new.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] I'll tell you the [Em] best thing _ I ever did do [D] is when I laid off the old [Am] coat and I put
[D] on the new.
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] [Dm] Put [Am] on the new.
[G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] Put on.
Put on.
[G] _ _ _ _
When I put on the _ _
[Am] new.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Turn around and shake somebody's hands.
That's [Em] exactly what I did.
Come