Saginaw Michigan chords by Roy Drusky

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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 hard working
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Saginaw fisherman
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Too many nights 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,
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"That son of a Saginaw fisherman"
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Not good enough to claim his
daughter's hand
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Verse 3
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That's why I'm up here in Alaska
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looking around for gold
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Like a crazy fool I'm diggin' in
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this frozen ground so cold
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But with each new day,
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I pray I'll strike it rich and then
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I'll go back home and claim my
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love in Saginaw Michigan

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan
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I said, "Honey I'm coming home,
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please wait for me
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You can tell your dad I'm
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coming back a richer man
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I've hit the biggest strike
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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
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Then he said, "Son you're a wise,
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young, ambitious man
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Will you sell your father- in-
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law your Klondike claim?"

Verse 6
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So now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold,
cold ground
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The greedy fool is a lookin'
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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
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of Saginaw Michigan