Saginaw Michigan chords by Lefty Frizzell

Intro:
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Verse:

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I was born

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In Saginaw, Michigan

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I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay

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My dad was a poor, hard-working Saginaw fisherman

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Too many times he came home with too little pay

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I loved a girl

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In Saginaw, Michigan

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The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man

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But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman

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And not good enough to claim his daughter's hand


Bridge:

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Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold

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Like a crazy fool I'm digging in this frozen ground so cold

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But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then

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I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan


Verse:

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I wrote my love

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In Saginaw, Michigan

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I said honey I'm coming home please wait for me

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And you can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man

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I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history

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Her dad met me

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In Saginaw, Michigan

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He gave me a great big party with champagne

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Then he said son you're a wise young ambitious man

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Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim


Bridge:

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Now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground

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The greedy fool is looking for the gold I never found

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It serves him right and no one here is missing him

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Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan

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We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan

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