Saginaw, Michigan chords by Lefty Frizzell
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was born in Saginaw, Michigan
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I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay
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My dad was a poor,
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hard-working Saginaw Saginaw fisherman
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Too many times he came
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home with too little pay
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Verse 2
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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 of
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a Saginaw fisherman
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And not good enough to
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claim his daughter's hand
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Verse 3
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Now I'm up here in Alaska,
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looking around for gold
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Like a crazy fool I'm digging in
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this frozen ground so cold
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But with each new day I pray
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I'll strike it rich and then
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I'll go back home and claim
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my love in Saginaw, Michigan
Verse 4
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I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan
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I said, "Honey I'm coming
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home please wait for me
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And you can tell your dad I'm
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coming back a richer man"
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I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history
Verse 5
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Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan
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He gave me a great big party
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with champagne
Then he said,
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"Son you wise young ambitious man
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Will you sell your father-in-law your
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your your Klondike claim"
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Verse 6
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Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold,
cold ground
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The greedy fool is looking for the
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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,
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Michigan
Verse 7
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We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw,
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Michigan
Verse 8
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He's ashamed to show his
face in Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw, Michigan
Lefty Frizzell
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