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Harris Emmylou - Coat Of Many Colors guitar tab

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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

G G

And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall

C F

Mamma sewed the rags together she sewied ever piece with love

C G C

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

C F

Perhaps this coat will bring you good love and happiness

C

And I just couldn't wait to wear it

G C

As mamma blessed it with a kiss

F C

My coat of many Colors that my mamma made for me

F C G

Made from only rags but I wore it so proudly

C F

though we didn't have much money oh I was rich as I could be

C G C

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

C F

Just to find the children laughing and makin' fun of me

C G C

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

C F

All about the story mamma told me while she sewed

C

And how my coat of many Colors

G C

WAs worth more than all of their gold

F C

They didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see

F C G

One's only poor only if you choose to be

C F C

We didnt have no money but I'm as rich as I could be

C G C

In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me

C G F C

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

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