Saginaw Michigan Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
I was [G]born [D]in Saginaw, Mic[G]higan
I grew [C]up in a [G]house on Saginaw [D]Bay
My dad was [G]a poor hard working
Saginaw [C]fisherman
Too many [G]times he came
home [D]with too little [G]pay
[Bb]

[Verse 2]
I love a [F]girl in Saginaw,
[Bb]Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
The [Eb]daughter of a [Bb]wealthy, wealthy [F]man
But he called [Bb]me that son of
a Saginaw [Eb]fisherman
Not good [Cm]enough [Bb]to claim[F]
his [Bb]daughter's hand

[Verse 3]
Now I'm [Eb]up here in Alaska
[Bb]looking around for gold
Like a [F]crazy fool I'm a digging in
this [Bb]frozen ground so cold
But each [Eb]new day I pray I'll
strike it rich and [Bb]then
I'll go back [F]home and claim my love in Saginaw,
Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
[Bb][G]

[Verse 4]
I wrote my [D]love in Saginaw
[G]Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
I said, [C]"Honey, I'm comin' [G]home,
please wait for [D]me
And you can tell your [G]pa I'm
coming home a [C]richer man
I've hit [G]the biggest strike in
[D]Klondike history"
[G][Bb]

[Verse 5]
Her dad met [F]me in Saginaw,
[Bb]Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
He [Eb]gave me a great big [Bb]party
with cham[F]pagne
Then he said,
[Bb]"son you're wise young ambi[Eb]tious man
Will you [Bb]sell your father- in- [F]law
your Klondike claim?"
[Bb]

[Verse 6]
Now he's [Eb]up there in Alaska dig
[Bb]ging in the cold cold ground
The [F]greedy fool is lookin'
for the [Bb]gold I never found
It [Eb]serves him right and no one
here is [Bb]missing him
Least of [F]all the newlyweds of Saginaw,
Michigan
[Bb]

[Verse 7]
They're the happiest [F]man and wife in Saginaw,
[Bb]Michigan
He's afraid to [F]show his face in Saginaw,
[Bb]Michigan