Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton
Capo 3


[Intro]



  Back through

 the years

I go wonderin once again
              
Back to the se

         
asons of my yo

uth
    
I recall a box

 of rags that 

someone gave u

s
              
And how my mom

              
ma put the rag

     
s to use


[Verse 1]
           
There were rag

s of many colo

rs

Every piece wa

s small

And I didn't have a coat
           
And it was way

 down in the f

all
      
Momma sewed th

e rags togethe

r
      
Sewin every pi

ece with love
            
She made my co

at of many col

ors
             
That I was so 


proud of


[Verse 2]

As she sewed, 

she told a sto

ry

From the bible

, she had read

About a coat of many colors
       
Joseph wore an

d then she sai

d
   
Perhaps this c

oat will bring

 you
     
Good luck and 

happiness
           
And I just cou

ldn't wait to 

wear it
             
And momma bles

              
sed it with a 


kiss


[Chorus]
   
My coat of man

y colors
        
That my momma 

made for me

Made only from

 rags
             
But I wore it 

   
so proudly
  
Although we ha

d no money
           
Well I was ric

h as I could b

e
      
In my coat of 

many colors
             
My momma made 

          
for me


[Verse 3]
        
So with patche

s on my britch

es
    
and holes in b

oth my shoes

In my coat of many colors
  
I hurried off 

to school
        
Just to find t

he others laug

hing
    
And making fun

 of me
      
in my coat of 

many colors
             
My momma made 

    
for me


[Verse 4]
        
And oh I could

n't understand

 it
    
For I felt I w

as rich

And I told them of the love
         
My momma sewed

 in every stit

ch
      
And I told em 

all the story
      
Momma told me 

while she sewe

d
           
And how my coa

t of many colo

rs
             
Was worth more

          
 than all thei

r clothes


[Chorus]
         
But they didn'

t understand i

t
      
And I tried to

 make them see
     
That one is on

ly poor
             
Only if they c

         
hoose to be
      
Now I know we 

had no money
          
But I was rich

 as I could be
      
In my coat of 

many colors
             
My momma made 

    
for me
          
Made just for 

me

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