Saginaw Michigan Chords by George Jones
Tempo:
78.525 bpm
Chords used:
F
E
B
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [E]
I was born [B] [E] in Saginaw, Michigan.
[A] I grew up in a [E] house on [B] Saginaw Bay.
My [E] dad was a poor, hard working [A] Saginaw fisherman.
[E] Too many times he came [B] home with too [E] little pay.
I loved a girl [B] in [E] Saginaw, Michigan.
[A] The daughter [E] of a wealthy, [B] wealthy man.
But [E] he called me that son of a [A] Saginaw fisherman.
And he [E] said I wasn't good [B] enough to claim his [E] daughter's hand.
[A] That's why I'm up here in a nice [E] coat, looking around for gold.
[B] Like a crazy fool I'm digging [E] and disposing, grounds for coal.
[A] But with each new day I pray I'll [E] start getting rich and then I'll [B] go back home to claim my love in [E] Saginaw, Michigan.
[F] I wrote my [C] love in [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
[Bb] I said, honey, I'm coming [F]
home, please wait [C] for me.
And you can [F] tell your dad I'm coming [Bb] back a richer man.
I hit [F] the biggest [C] strike in Klondike [F] history.
Her dad met [C] me in [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
[Bb] He gave me a [F] great big party [C] with champagne.
Then [F] he said, son, you're a wise, [Bb] young, ambitious man.
[F] Will you sell your [Am] father-in [C]-law your [F] Klondike pen?
So [Bb] now he's up there in Alaska, [F] digging in the cold, cold ground.
[C] A greedy fool is looking [F] for the gold I never found.
[Bb] And it serves him right, and no one [F] here is missing him.
The [C] least of all the newlyweds of [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
The [C] least of all the newlyweds of [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
I was born [B] [E] in Saginaw, Michigan.
[A] I grew up in a [E] house on [B] Saginaw Bay.
My [E] dad was a poor, hard working [A] Saginaw fisherman.
[E] Too many times he came [B] home with too [E] little pay.
I loved a girl [B] in [E] Saginaw, Michigan.
[A] The daughter [E] of a wealthy, [B] wealthy man.
But [E] he called me that son of a [A] Saginaw fisherman.
And he [E] said I wasn't good [B] enough to claim his [E] daughter's hand.
[A] That's why I'm up here in a nice [E] coat, looking around for gold.
[B] Like a crazy fool I'm digging [E] and disposing, grounds for coal.
[A] But with each new day I pray I'll [E] start getting rich and then I'll [B] go back home to claim my love in [E] Saginaw, Michigan.
[F] I wrote my [C] love in [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
[Bb] I said, honey, I'm coming [F]
home, please wait [C] for me.
And you can [F] tell your dad I'm coming [Bb] back a richer man.
I hit [F] the biggest [C] strike in Klondike [F] history.
Her dad met [C] me in [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
[Bb] He gave me a [F] great big party [C] with champagne.
Then [F] he said, son, you're a wise, [Bb] young, ambitious man.
[F] Will you sell your [Am] father-in [C]-law your [F] Klondike pen?
So [Bb] now he's up there in Alaska, [F] digging in the cold, cold ground.
[C] A greedy fool is looking [F] for the gold I never found.
[Bb] And it serves him right, and no one [F] here is missing him.
The [C] least of all the newlyweds of [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
The [C] least of all the newlyweds of [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
Key:
F
E
B
C
A
F
E
B
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was born [B] _ [E] in Saginaw, Michigan. _
[A] I grew up in a [E] house on [B] Saginaw Bay.
My [E] dad was a poor, hard working [A] Saginaw fisherman. _
[E] Too many times he came [B] home with too [E] little pay.
I loved a girl _ [B] in [E] Saginaw, Michigan. _
[A] The daughter [E] of a wealthy, [B] wealthy man.
But [E] he called me that son of a [A] Saginaw fisherman.
And he [E] said I wasn't good [B] enough to claim his [E] daughter's hand. _
[A] That's why I'm up here in a nice [E] coat, looking around for gold.
[B] Like a crazy fool I'm digging [E] and disposing, grounds for coal.
[A] But with each new day I pray I'll [E] start getting rich and then I'll [B] go back home to claim my love in [E] Saginaw, Michigan. _
_ [F] _ _ I wrote my [C] love in [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Bb] I said, honey, I'm coming [F]
home, please wait [C] for me.
And you can [F] tell your dad I'm coming [Bb] back a richer man.
I hit [F] the biggest [C] strike in Klondike [F] history.
_ Her dad met [C] me in [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Bb] He gave me a [F] great big party [C] with champagne.
Then [F] he said, son, you're a wise, [Bb] young, ambitious man.
[F] Will you sell your [Am] father-in [C]-law your [F] Klondike pen?
So [Bb] now he's up there in Alaska, [F] digging in the cold, cold ground.
[C] A greedy fool is looking [F] for the gold I never found.
[Bb] And it serves him right, and no one [F] here is missing him.
The [C] least of all the newlyweds of [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
The [C] least of all the newlyweds of [F] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _ _ _
I was born [B] _ [E] in Saginaw, Michigan. _
[A] I grew up in a [E] house on [B] Saginaw Bay.
My [E] dad was a poor, hard working [A] Saginaw fisherman. _
[E] Too many times he came [B] home with too [E] little pay.
I loved a girl _ [B] in [E] Saginaw, Michigan. _
[A] The daughter [E] of a wealthy, [B] wealthy man.
But [E] he called me that son of a [A] Saginaw fisherman.
And he [E] said I wasn't good [B] enough to claim his [E] daughter's hand. _
[A] That's why I'm up here in a nice [E] coat, looking around for gold.
[B] Like a crazy fool I'm digging [E] and disposing, grounds for coal.
[A] But with each new day I pray I'll [E] start getting rich and then I'll [B] go back home to claim my love in [E] Saginaw, Michigan. _
_ [F] _ _ I wrote my [C] love in [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Bb] I said, honey, I'm coming [F]
home, please wait [C] for me.
And you can [F] tell your dad I'm coming [Bb] back a richer man.
I hit [F] the biggest [C] strike in Klondike [F] history.
_ Her dad met [C] me in [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Bb] He gave me a [F] great big party [C] with champagne.
Then [F] he said, son, you're a wise, [Bb] young, ambitious man.
[F] Will you sell your [Am] father-in [C]-law your [F] Klondike pen?
So [Bb] now he's up there in Alaska, [F] digging in the cold, cold ground.
[C] A greedy fool is looking [F] for the gold I never found.
[Bb] And it serves him right, and no one [F] here is missing him.
The [C] least of all the newlyweds of [F] Saginaw, Michigan.
The [C] least of all the newlyweds of [F] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _ _ _