Eliza Gilkyson – Take Off Your Old Coat (Guitar)

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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

CHORUS:

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

CHORUS:

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

CHORUS:

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