Saginaw, Michigan chords by
David Frizzell
David Frizzell

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Key: C major
Intro 1
F
F

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Dm
Dm

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G
G

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C
C

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Verse 1
C
C

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G
G

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I was born in Saginaw,
C
C

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Michigan
F
F

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C
C

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G
G

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And I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay
C
C

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My daddy was a poor hard
F
F

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working Saginaw fisherman
C
C

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Too many times he came
G
G

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home with too little pay
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C

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Verse 2
G
G

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C
C

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I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan
F
F

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She was the daughter of a wealthy,
C
C

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G
G

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wealthy man
C
C

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But he called me,
F
F

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"That son of a Saginaw fisherman"
C
C

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And not good enough to ever
G
G

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claim his daughter's hand
C
C

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Verse 3
F
F

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That's why I'm up here in Alaska
C
C

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G
G

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C
C

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looking around for gold
G
G

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Like a crazy fool I'm a digging in
C
C

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the frozen ground, so cold
F
F

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But with each new day I pray
C
C

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I'll strike it rich and then
G
G

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I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw,
Interlude 1
Michigan
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G

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C
C

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G

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C
C

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Verse 4
C
C

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G
G

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C
C

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I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan
F
F

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C
C

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I said, "Honey, I'm a coming home,
G
G

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please wait for me
C
C

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And you can tell your dad that I'm
F
F

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coming back a richer man
C
C

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I've hit the biggest strike
G
G

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in Klondyke history"
C
C

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Verse 5
G
G

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Her dad met the bus in Saginaw,
C
C

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Michigan
F
F

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And he gave me a great big
C
C

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G
G

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party with champagne
C
C

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Then he said, "Son, you're wise,
F
F

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young ambitious man
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C

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Why don't you sell your father- in-
G
G

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law your Klondyke claim?"
C
C

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G
G

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Verse 6
C
C

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F
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C
C

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

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That greedy fool is a looking for
C
C

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the gold I never found
F
F

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But it serves him right and nobody
C
C

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here is missing him
G
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C
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Least of all the newly- weds of Saginaw,
C
C

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Michigan
Outro 1
C
C

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G
G

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C
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