Saginaw, Michigan chords by Randy Travis

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was born
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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 hard working
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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,
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wealthy man.
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But he called me: "That son
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of 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 a digging in
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this frozen ground, so cold.
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But with 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
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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 a coming home,
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please wait for me.
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"And you can tell your dad,
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I'm coming back a richer man
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"I've hit the biggest strike in
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Klondyke history."
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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.
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Then he said: "Son, you're wise,
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young ambitious man.
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"Will you sell your father- in-
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law your Klondyke claim?"
Verse 6
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Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold,
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The greedy fool is a looking
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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 newly- weds 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.
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He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw,
Outro 1
Michigan.
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