Intro: F Bb C 


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       F                          Bb  
From cotton to satin, from Birmingham to Manhattan 
           F                  C 
From a pickup to a long limousine 
       F                          Bb 
From cotton to satin, from Birmingham to Manhattan 
     F        C         F      
She had to follow her dream 

    F                     Bb                 F 
I saved up enough, to buy her, one small diamond 
                                         C 
That's the year that old tractor, broke down 
          F                               Bb 
And the dream house I promised her still lies by a shade tree 
           F          C          F  
Some old bricks and boards all around 

F                              Bb           F 
She begged me to take her, to see New York City 
                                     C    
So I mortgaged the farm and we were gone 
     F                           Bb         F 
But while we were there she took up with a rich man 
                     C        F    (Walk up & Change Keys C D)   
I came back, to the country alone 

      F                             B             F 
Now there is the garden, where she touched every flower 
                                           C 
There's the meadow where we walked hand in hand 
    F                       B                    F    
If only she'd waited, she'd have more than she dreamed of 
                      C         F   (Walk up & Change Keys D E) 
For today they struck oil on my land 


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       G                          C 
From cotton to satin, from Birmingham to Manhattan 
        G                     D 
From a pickup to a long limousine 
       G                          C 
From cotton to satin, from Birmingham to Manhattan 
     G       D         G   
She had to follow her dream 

Outro 
                Gm 
She went from cotton to satin