Saginaw, Michigan chords by Jimmie Dale Gilmore

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Verse 1
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I was born in Saginaw,
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Michigan.
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I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay.
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My daddy was a poor,
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hard -workin' Saginaw fisherman
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Too many times he came home
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with 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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But he called me that son
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of a Saginaw fisherman
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Not good enough to claim
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his daughter's hand
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Now I'm up here in Alaska
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lookin' around for gold
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Like a crazy fool I'm diggin'
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in the frozen ground
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I'm so cold, but with each new day
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I pray I'll strike it rich,
and then I'll go back
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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 comin' home,
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please wait for me
And you can tell your dad
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I'm comin' home, a richer man,
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I made the biggest strike
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in Klondike history.
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Her dad met me in Saginaw,
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Michigan.
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He gave me a great big party
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with champagne.
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Then he said, son,
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you're a wise, young, ambitious man
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Will you sell your father -in -law
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your Kwandite 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'
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for the gold I never found
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It serves him right,
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no one here is missing him,
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least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw,
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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.
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