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