{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2289999,"song":"Coat Of Many Colors","artist":"Emmylou Harris","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2289999-coat-of-many-colors-chords-by-emmylou-harris/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2289999?type=chord","rating":4.9504,"votes":24,"content":"[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  someone gave us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd how my mamma put those rags to use[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were rags of many Colors and every piece was small[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                [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\nMamma sewed the rags together  she sewied ever piece with love[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe made my coat of many Colors  I was so proud of[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read[/tab]\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 love and happiness[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I just couldn't wait to wear it[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs mamma blessed it with a kiss[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy  coat of many Colors that my mamma made for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMade from  only rags  but I wore it so proudly[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthough we didn't have much money oh I was rich as I could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn my coat of many Colors  well I started off to school[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust to find the children laughing and makin' fun of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow  I didn't understand it for I felt that I was rich[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I told them of the love my mamma sewed in ever stitch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll about the story mamma told me while she sewed[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd how my coat of many Colors[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWAs worth more than all of their gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne's only poor only if you choose to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe didnt  have no money but I'm as rich as I could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my coat of many Colors my mamma made just for me[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}