Coat Of Many Colors Uke tab by Dolly Parton

3 Chords used in the song: G, C, D7

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Artist: 
Year:  1971
Difficulty: 
2.67
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
G G
Back through the years I go wondering once again
C C
Back to the seasons of my youth
G G
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
C C
And how my momma put these rags to use

G G
There were rags of many colors and every piece was small
D7 D7
And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
G G C C
Momma sewed the rags together sewing ever piece with love
G G D7 D7 G G
She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of


As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read
D7 D7
About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said
G G C C
Perhaps this coat will bring you much love and happiness
G G
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
D7 D7 G G
And momma blessed it with a kiss

C C G G
My coat of many colors that my momma made for me
C C G G D7 D7
Made only rags but I wore it so proudly
G G C C
Although we had no money oh I was rich as I could be
G G D7 D7 G G
In my coat of many colors my momma made for me


So with patches on my breaches and holes in both my shoes
D7 D7
In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school
G G C C
Just to find the others laughing and making fun of me
G G D7 D7 G G
In my coat of many colors my momma made for me


Oh I couldn't understand it for I felt I was rich
D7 D7
And I told them of the love my momma sewed in ever stitch
G G C C
And I told them all the story momma told me while she sewed
G G
And how my coat of many colors
D7 D7 G G
Is worth more than all of their clothes

C C G G
They didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see
C C G G D7 D7
That one is only poor only if they choose to be
G G C C
Now I know we have no money but I'm as rich as I could be
G G D7 D7 G G
In my coat of many colors my momma made for me

Uke tab by , 13 Aug 2014

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Strum D-DU-U-DU...I think?
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About this song: Coat Of Many Colors

According to the Coat of Many Colors Songfacts, Dolly Parton introduces this in concert as "a true story about a little patchwork coat my Momma made me from a box of rags."

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