Subject: CRD: Coat Of Many Colors Emmylou Harris Chords/Lyrics
Emmylou Harris Coat Of Many Colors written by Dolly Parton
Rick Cunha acoustic guitar
James Burton dobro
Byron Berline fiddle
Glen D Hardin piano
Ray Pohlman bass
Ron Tutt drums
Ben Keith steel guitar
Fayssoux Starling harmony
C
Back through the years I go wondering once again
F
Back to the seasons of my youth
C
I recall a box of rags someone gave us
F
And how my mamma put those rags to use
C
There were rags of many Colors and every piece was small
GG
And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
CF
Mamma sewed the rags together she sewied ever piece with love
CGC
She made my coat of many Colors I was so proud of
C
As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read
G
About a coat of many Colors Joseph wore and then she said
CF
Perhaps this coat will bring you good love and happiness
C
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
GC
As mamma blessed it with a kiss
FC
My coat of many Colors that my mamma made for me
FCG
Made from only rags but I wore it so proudly
CF
though we didn't have much money oh I was rich as I could be
CGC
In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me
C
So with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes
G
In my coat of many Colors well I started off to school
CF
Just to find the children laughing and makin' fun of me
CGC
In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me
C
Now I didn't understand it for I felt that I was rich
G
And I told them of the love my mamma sewed in ever stitch
CF
All about the story mamma told me while she sewed
C
And how my coat of many Colors
GC
WAs worth more than all of their gold
FC
They didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see
FCG
One's only poor only if you choose to be
CFC
We didnt have no money but I'm as rich as I could be
CGC
In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me
CGFC
In my coat of many Colors my mamma made just for me
From Emmylou Harris "Pieces Of The Sky"
Owepar Publishing(BMI)
Reprise Records 1975