C5 Back through the years I go wondering once again F5 Back to the seasons of my youth C5 I recall a box of rags someone gave us F5 And how my mamma put those rags to use C5 There were rags of many Colors and every piece was small G5 G5 And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall C5 F5 Mamma sewed the rags together she sewied ever piece with love C5 G5 C5 She made my coat of many Colors I was so proud of C5 As she sewed she told the story from the bible she had read G5 About a coat of many Colors Joseph wore and then she said C5 F5 Perhaps this coat will bring you good love and happiness C5 And I just couldn't wait to wear it G5 C5 As mamma blessed it with a kiss F5 C5 My coat of many Colors that my mamma made for me F5 C5 G5 Made from only rags but I wore it so proudly C5 F5 though we didn't have much money oh I was rich as I could be C5 G5 C5 In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me C5 So with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes G5 In my coat of many Colors well I started off to school C5 F5 Just to find the children laughing and makin' fun of me C5 G5 C5 In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me C5 Now I didn't understand it for I felt that I was rich G5 And I told them of the love my mamma sewed in ever stitch C5 F5 All about the story mamma told me while she sewed C5 And how my coat of many Colors G5 C5 WAs worth more than all of their gold F5 C5 They didn't under stand it and I tried to make them see F5 C5 G5 One's only poor only if you choose to be C5 F5 C5 We didnt have no money but I'm as rich as I could be C5 G5 C5 In my coat of many Colors my mamma made for me C5 G5 F5 C5 In my coat of many Colors my mamma made just for me
