Song :
D
Intro :
Bb
Bb
Back through the years
I go wonderin once again
Eb
Back to the seasons of my youth
Bb
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
Eb
And how my momma put the rags to use
Bb
There were rags of many colors
Bb
Every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat
F
And it was way down in the fall
Bb
Momma sewed the rags together
Eb
Sewin every piece with love
Bb
She made my coat of many colors
F Bb
That I was so proud of
Bb
As she sewed, she told a story
Bb
From the bible, she had read
About a coat of many colors
F
Joseph wore and then she said
Bb
Perhaps this coat will bring you
Eb
Good luck and happiness
Bb
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
F Bb
And momma blessed it with a kiss
Chorus :
Eb
My coat of many colors
Bb
That my momma made for me
Eb
Made only from rags
Bb F
But I wore it so proudly
Bb
Although we had no money
Eb
Well I was rich as I could be
Bb
In my coat of many colors
F Bb G
My momma made for me
C
So with patches on my britches
C
and holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colors
G
I hurried off to school
C
Just to find the others laughing
F
And making fun of me
C
in my coat of many colors
G C
My momma made for me
G C
And oh I couldn't understand it
C
For I felt I was rich
And I told them of the love
G
My momma sewed in every stitch
C
And I told em all the story
F
Momma told me while she sewed
C
And how my coat of many colors
G C
Was worth more than all their clothes
Chorus :
F
But they didn't understand it
C
And I tried to make them see
F
That one is only poor
C G
Only if they choose to be
C
Now I know we had no money
F
But I was rich as I could be
C
In my coat of many colors
G F
My momma made for me
C
Made just for me.
