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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1775897,"song":"Coat Of Many Colors","artist":"Dolly Parton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1775897-coat-of-many-colors-chords-by-dolly-parton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1775897?type=chord","rating":4.89485,"votes":15,"content":"Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton \r\nThemes: poverty, Joseph’s coat, rags to riches, successful women\r\nKeyboard rhythm: country or bluegrass\r\n\r\nIntro [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] \r\nBack through the years I go wondering once again[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBack to the seasons of my youth[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI recall a box of rags that someone gave us[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd how my momma put the rags to use[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were rags of many colors Every piece was small[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd I didn’t have a coat And it was way down in the fall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMomma sewed the rags together Sewing every piece with love[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe made my coat of many colors That I was so proud of[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAs she sewed, she told a story From the bible, she had read\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbout a coat of many colors Joseph |wore and then she said[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPerhaps this |coat will bring you Good |luck and happiness[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I just |couldn’t wait to wear it And momma |blessed it with a kiss[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy coat of many colors That my momma made for me [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMade only from rags But I wore it so proudly[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAlthough we had no money I was rich as I could be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] (key up)\r\nIn my coat of many colors My momma made for me[/tab]\r\n\r\nCoat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton page 1/2 in C\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo with patches on my britches Holes in both my shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn my coat of many colors I hurried off to school[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust to find the others laughing And making fun of me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn my coat of many colors My momma made for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh I couldn’t understand it For I felt I was rich[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I told them of the love My momma sewed in every stitch[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I told em all the story Momma told me while she sewed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd how my coat of many colors Was worth more than all their clothes[/tab]\r\n [store bought]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they didn’t understand it And I tried to make them see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat one is only poor Only if they choose to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I know we had no money But I was rich as I could be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn my coat of many colors My momma made for me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMade just for me[/tab]\r\n\r\nThis “rags to riches” story is the signature song by country star Dolly Parton about her\r\n “dirt poor” family of 12 children raised in a one-room cabin in Tennessee. Her\r\n half-Cherokee mother played guitar and her grandfather was a Christian preacher,\r\n fiddler and songwriter. She was given her own guitar at 7 was on TV and radio by 10\r\n, and sought her fortunes in Nashville by 18. Her mother wished that a coat sewn from \r\nrags would bring her “luck and happiness”, but little Dolly would become the most honored \r\nfemale country performer of all time. She blazed the trail for women artists like Taylor \r\nSwift who also got her start playing guitar and writing songs in Nashville.","plain_text":"Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton \nThemes: poverty, Joseph’s coat, rags to riches, successful women\nKeyboard rhythm: country or bluegrass\n\nIntro C F C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs she sewed, she told a story From the bible, she had read\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCoat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton page 1/2 in C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [store bought]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis “rags to riches” story is the signature song by country star Dolly Parton about her\n “dirt poor” family of 12 children raised in a one-room cabin in Tennessee. Her\n half-Cherokee mother played guitar and her grandfather was a Christian preacher,\n fiddler and songwriter. She was given her own guitar at 7 was on TV and radio by 10\n, and sought her fortunes in Nashville by 18. Her mother wished that a coat sewn from \nrags would bring her “luck and happiness”, but little Dolly would become the most honored \nfemale country performer of all time. She blazed the trail for women artists like Taylor \nSwift who also got her start playing guitar and writing songs in Nashville.","chords":["C","F","G","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}