Saginaw, Michigan chords by Andy Lee Lang

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Verse 1
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I was born 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,
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hard -working Saginaw fisherman.
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Too many times he brought home too little pay.
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I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan
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The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man
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He called me that son of
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a Saginaw fisherman
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Not good enough to claim his
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daughter's hand
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Now I'm up here in Alaska
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Looking around for gold
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Like a crazy fool I'm digging in
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this frozen ground
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So cold
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With each new day I pray I'll
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strike it rich and thin
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Go back home and claim my love
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In Saginaw, Michigan
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I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan
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I said, honey, I'm coming home,
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please wait for me
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You can tell your dad
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I'm coming home a richer
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I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history
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Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan
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He gave me a great big party
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with champagne
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And he said, son, you're a wise,
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young, ambitious man
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Won't you sell your father -in -law
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your Klondike claim?
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Now he's up there in Alaska,
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diggin' in the cold, cold ground
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The greedy fool is lookin' for the gold
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I never found
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He served him right
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and no one here is missin' him
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Least of all the newlyweds
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of Saginaw, Michigan
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We're the happiest man and wife
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in Saginaw, Michigan
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He's ashamed to show his face
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In Saginaw, Michigan you