Saginaw Michigan chords by John Prine, Mac Wiseman
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
I was born (G major) (D major) in Saginaw, Michigan (G major)
I grew up (C major) in a house (G major) on Saginaw (D major) Bay
My dad was a poor (G major) hard working
Saginaw fisherman (C major)
Too many times (G major) he came
home (D major) with too little (G major) pay
(B flat major)
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Verse 2
I love a girl (F major) in Saginaw,
Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan) (B flat major)
The (E flat major) daughter of a (B flat major) wealthy, wealthy (F major) man
But he called (B flat major) me that son of
a Saginaw fisherman (E flat major)
Not good (C minor) enough (B flat major) to claim (F major)
his daughter (B flat major) 's hand
Verse 3
Now I'm (E flat major) up here in Alaska
looking (B flat major) around for gold
Like a (F major) crazy fool I'm a digging in
this (B flat major) frozen ground so cold
But each (E flat major) new day I pray I'll
strike it rich and (B flat major) then
I'll go back home (F major) and claim my love in Saginaw,
Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
(B flat major) (G major)
Verse 4
I wrote my love (D major) in Saginaw
Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan) (G major)
I said, (C major) "Honey, I'm comin' home, (G major)
please wait for me (D major)
And you can tell your pa (G major) I'm
coming home a (C major) richer man
I've hit (G major) the biggest strike in
Klondike (D major) history"
(G major) (B flat major)
Verse 5
Her dad met me (F major) in Saginaw,
(B flat major) Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
He (E flat major) gave me a great big (B flat major) party
with cham (F major) pagne
Then he said,
(B flat major) "son you're wise young ambi (E flat major) tious man
Will you sell (B flat major) your father- in- law (F major)
your Klondike claim?"
(B flat major)
Verse 6
Now he's up (E flat major) there in Alaska dig
(B flat major) ging in the cold cold ground
The (F major) greedy fool is lookin'
for the (B flat major) gold I never found
It (E flat major) serves him right and no one
here is missing (B flat major) him
Least of all (F major) the newlyweds of Saginaw,
Michigan
(B flat major)
Verse 7
They're the happiest (F major) man and wife in Saginaw,
(B flat major) Michigan
He's afraid to show (F major) his face in Saginaw,
(B flat major) Michigan
Saginaw Michigan
John Prine, Mac Wiseman
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