Saginaw, Michigan Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][Am][D][G]

[Verse 1]
I was [G]born
[D]in Saginaw, Mic[G]higan.
I grew [C]up in a [G]house on [D]Saginaw Bay.
My dad was a [G]poor hard working
[C]Saginaw fisherman:
Too many [G]times he came
home [D]with too little pay.
[G]

[Verse 2]
I loved [D]a girl in Saginaw, [G]Michigan.
The [C]daughter of a wealthy,
[G]wealthy man[D].
But he called [G]me: "That son
of a Saginaw [C]fisherman."
And not good [Am]enough [G]to
[D]claim his daughter's hand.
[G]

[Verse 3]
Now I'm [C]up here in Alaska
[G]looking [D]around [G]for gold.
Like a [D]crazy fool I'm a digging in
this [G]frozen ground, so cold.
But with [C]each new day I pray I'll
strike it rich an[G]d then,
I'll go back [D]home and claim
my love in Saginaw, [G]Michigan.

[Verse 4]
I wrote my [G]love [D]in Saginaw, Mic[G]higan.
I said: [C]"Honey, I'm a coming [G]home,
please wait for [D]me.
"And you can tell [G]your dad,
[D]I'm com[G]ing back a ric[C]her man
"I've hit the [G]biggest strike in
[D]Klondyke history."
[G]

[Verse 5]
Her dad met [D]me in Saginaw, [G]Michigan.
[C]He gave me a great big par[G]ty
with cham[D]pagne.
Then he said: [G]"Son, you're wise,
young ambi[C]tious man.
"Will you [G]sell your father- [D]in-
law your Klondyke [G]claim?"

[Verse 6]
Now he's [C]up there in Alaska [G]digging in the cold,
cold ground.
The [D]greedy fool is a looking
for the [G]gold I never found.
It [C]serves him right and no- one
here is [G]missing him.
Least of [D]all the newly- weds of Saginaw,
[G]Michigan.

[Verse 7]
We're the happiest [D]man and wife in Saginaw,
[G]Michigan.
He's ashamed to [D]show his face in Saginaw,

[Outro 1]
Michigan.
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