Saginaw Michigan chords by
John Prine
John Prine
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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E
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A
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I was born in Saginaw, Michigan
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A
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E
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I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay
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My dad was a poor hard working
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Saginaw fisherman
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Too many times he came
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A
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home with too little pay
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C

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Verse 2
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I love a girl in Saginaw,
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C

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Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
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C
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G
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The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man
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C

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But he called me that son of
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a Saginaw fisherman
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G
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Not good enough to claim
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C

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his daughter's hand
Verse 3
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Now I'm up here in Alaska
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C

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looking around for gold
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Like a crazy fool I'm a digging in
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C

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this frozen ground so cold
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But each new day I pray I'll
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strike it rich and then
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I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw,
Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
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Verse 4
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I wrote my love in Saginaw
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Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
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A
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I said, "Honey, I'm comin' home,
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please wait for me
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And you can tell your pa I'm
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coming home a richer man
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I've hit the biggest strike in
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Klondike history"
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C
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Verse 5
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Her dad met me in Saginaw,
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Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
F
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C
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He gave me a great big party
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G

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with champagne
Then he said,
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F
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"son you're wise young ambitious man
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G
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Will you sell your father- in- law
your Klondike claim?"
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Verse 6
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Now he's up there in Alaska dig
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ging in the cold cold ground
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The greedy fool is lookin'
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C

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for the gold I never found
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It serves him right and no one
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here is missing him
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Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw,
Michigan
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Verse 7
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They're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw,
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Michigan
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He's afraid to show his face in Saginaw,
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Michigan

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