Take Off Your Old Coat Chords
Take Off Your Old Coat by Eliza Gilkyson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Am, B7, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em
I've searched in the East
Am Em
Searched in the West
Am B7 Em
For the riches that others were hoarding
Fortune is a blind god
C G
Smiling in the breeze
Am B7 Em
And forgetting me on this side of Jordan
G C
Take off your old coat
Em
And roll up your sleeves
Am B7 Em Am
Life is a hard road to travel
Em
I believe
Thunder in the dark clouds
Am Em
Lightening in the trees
Am B7 Em
No shelter above my head afforded
Battered by the hailstones
C G
Blinded by the breeze
Am B7 Em
That's my way of life this side of Jordan
G C
Take off your old coat
Em
And roll up your sleeves
Am B7 Em Am
Life is a hard road to travel
Em
I believe
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