Coat of Many Colors (Bb and C)

by Dolly Parton

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Dolly Parton:  Coat of many colors - This song starts out with a Bb harmonica and then changes to C. Have fun!
 
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Back through the years I go wonderin' once again
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Back to the seasons of my youth
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I recall a box of rags that someone gave us 
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and how my momma put the rags to use.
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There were rags of many colors and every piece was small 
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and I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
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Momma sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love
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She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of.
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As she sewed she told the story from the Bible she had read.
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About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said
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"Perhaps this coat will bring you good luck and happiness."
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And I just couldn't wait to wear it and momma blessed it with a kiss.

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My coat of many colors that my momma made for me.
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Made only from rags but I wore it so proudly.
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Although we had no money, oh I was rich as I could be.
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In my coat of many colors, my momma made for me.
 
Key change to C harmonica
 
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So with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes.
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In my coat of many colors, I hurried off to school.
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Just to find the others laughing and making fun of me,
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and my coat of many colors my momma made for me.
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And oh I couldn't understand that, for I thought I was rich.
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And then I told them of the love my momma sewed in every stitch.
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And I told 'em all the story, momma told me while she sewed
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And why my coat of many colors, was worth more than all their clothes.
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They didn't understand it and I tried to make them see.
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but I was rich as I could be in my coat of many colors 
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my momma made for me, made just for me