Chords for John Prine - Saginaw Michigan - Standard Songs for Average People

[F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A]
I was born _ _ [E] in [A] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ _ _ I [D] grew up in [A] a house on [E] Saginaw Bay.
_ _ My [A] dad was a poor, hard-working _ [D] Saginaw fisherman.
_ _ Too many [A]
times he came [E] home with too [A] little pay.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
I love a girl _ [G]
in _ [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
_ _ [F] My daughter-in-law [C] was a wealthy, [G] wealthy man. _ _
But he [C] called me _ that son of a _ [F] Saginaw fisherman. _ _ _
Not [C] good enough _ [G] to claim his [C] daughter's _ hand. _
_ [Am] [F] Now I'm up here in Alaska [C] _ _ looking around for gold.
[G] Like a crazy fool I'm digging [C] in this frozen ground so cold.
[F] But each day I pray I'll strike it rich [C] and then _ _
I go [G] back home and claim my love in [C] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ I wrote about love [D] _ [E] _ _ in [A] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ _ _ I said, [D] honey, I'm [A] coming home, please wait [E] for me.
_ _ _ And you can [Am] tell your [A] pa _ I'm coming back [D] a richer [F#] man.
_ [Bm] I [A] hit the biggest strike [E] in Klondike [A] _ history.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
My dad met _ me [G] _
in [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _
_ [F] He gave me a great [C] big party with [G] _ champagne. _ _
Then he [C] said, son, _ you're a wise, young, [F] ambitious _ man. _
Will [C] you sell your father [G]-in-law your [C] Klondike claim? _ _ _ _
[Am] Now [F] he's up there in Alaska _ _ [C] digging in the cold, cold ground.
_ [G] Greedy fool is looking _ [C] for the gold I never found.
_ [F] It serves him right and no one here [C] is missing him. _ _
Least [G] of all the _ newlyweds of [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _
They're the [G] happiest of man and wife _ in [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
He's afraid [G] to show his face _ in [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _ _
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