C
F
From cotton to satin from Birmingham to Manhattan
C
G7
From a pickup to a long limousine
C
F
From cotton to satin from Birmingham to Manhattan
C
G7
C
She had to follow her dream
F
C
I saved up enough to buy her one small diamond
G7
That’s the year that old tractor broke down
C
F
C
And the dream house I promised her still lies by a shade tree
G7
C
Some old bricks and boards all around
F
C
She begged me to take her to see New York City
G7
So I mortgaged the farm and we were gone
C
F
C
But while we were there she took up with a rich man
G7
C
I came back to the country alone
F
C
Now there is the garden where she touched every flower
G7
There’s the meadow where we walked hand in hand
C
F
C
If only she’d waited she’d have more than she dreamed of
G7
C
For today they struck oil on my land
F
She went from cotton to satin from Birmingham to Manhattan
C
G7
From a pickup to a lonely limousine
C
F
From cotton to satin from Birmingham to Manhattan
C
G7
C
She had to follow her dream