Saginaw, Michigan [Previously Unreleased Track] chords by Johnny Cash
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Verse 1
(G major) I was born in Saginaw, (D major) (G major) Michigan
And I grew (C major) up in a house (G major) on Saginaw (D major) Bay
My daddy was a poor (G major) hard
working Saginaw (C major) fisherman
Too many (G major) times he came
home (D major) with too little (G major) pay
Verse 2
(G major)
I loved a girl (D major) in Saginaw, (G major) Michigan
She was the daughter (C major) of a (G major) wealthy,
wealthy man (D major)
But he called (G major) me,
"That son of a Saginaw (C major) fisherman"
And not good enough (G major) to ever claim (D major)
his daughter's hand
(G major)
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Verse 3
That's why I'm (C major) up here in Alaska
look (G major) ing around for gold
Like a crazy (D major) fool I'm a digging
in the frozen (G major) ground, so cold
But with (C major) each new day I pray
I'll strike (G major) it rich and then
I'll go back home (D major) and claim
my love in Saginaw, Michigan
(G major)
Verse 4
I wrote my love in (D major) Saginaw, (G major) Michigan
I said, (C major) "Honey, I'm a coming home, (G major)
please wait for (D major) me
And you can tell your dad (G major) that I'm
coming back a rich (C major) er man
I've hit the (G major) biggest strike in
Klondike (D major) history"
(G major)
Verse 5
Her dad met the bus (D major) in Saginaw,
(G major) Michigan
And he gave me (C major) a great (G major) big
party with champag (D major) ne
Then he said, "Son, (G major) you're wise,
young ambitious (C major) man
Why don't you sell (G major) your father-in-law
your your your (D major) Klondike claim?"
(G major)
Verse 6
Now he's (C major) up there in Alaska dig (G major) ging in the cold,
cold ground
That greedy (D major) fool is a looking for
the gold (G major) I never found
But it serves (C major) him right and nobody
here (G major) is missing him
Least of all (D major) the newly-weds
of of Saginaw, (G major) Michigan
Saginaw, Michigan [Previously Unreleased Track]
Johnny Cash
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