Take Off Your Old Coat(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 



Instrumental: Em    Am  Em  Am  B7  Em    C  G  Am  B7  Em 



See that ragged owl 
    Am               Em 
His tattered wings expanded 
     Am            B7           Em 
He's nailed to the doorway as a warning 


So I'm minded by good folk 
C            G 
As an outlaw branded 
Am                B7               Em 
Yet, I've hurt no one this side of Jordan 



Up above an angel 
Am              Em 
Patching up our plunders 
    Am         B7            Em 
Our trials and troubles he's recording 



Will I find a change there 
C              G 
Better times I wonder 
Am               B7            Em 
When I reach the other 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 
Am        B7           Em      Am   Em 
Life is a hard road to travel

	        

Written by Richard Dehr/Sam Eskin/Terry Gilkyson