Chords for Lefty Frizzell -- Saginaw, Michigan

_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ I was born [F] _ [Bb] in Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Eb] I grew up in a house in [F] Saginaw Bay.
My [Bb] dad was a poor, hard-working [Eb] Saginaw fisherman.
Too [Bb] many times he [F] came home with too [Bb] little pay.
I loved a girl [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Eb] The daughter [Bb] of a wealthy, [F] wealthy man.
But [Bb] he called me that son of a [Eb] Saginaw fisherman.
And not [Bb] good enough [F] to claim his [Bb] daughter's hand.
_ [Eb] Now I'm up here in Alaska, [Bb] looking around for gold.
[F] Like a crazy fool, I'm a-digging [Bb] in this frozen grounds of hope.
_ [Eb] But with each new day, I pray I'll [Bb] strike it rich and then
I'll go [F] back home and claim my love to [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
I wrote my love [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Eb] I said, honey, I'm [Bb] coming home, please [F] wait for me.
And you can [Bb] tell your dad I'm coming [Eb] back a richer man.
I [Bb] hit the biggest [F] rack in Klondike [Bb] history.
_ Her dad met me [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Eb] He gave me a great [Bb] big party with [F] champagne.
_ Then he [Bb] said, son, you wise, young, [Eb] ambitious man.
Will [Bb] you sell your father [F] in a lawyer, [Bb] Klondike line?
_ Now [Eb] he's up there in Alaska, [Bb] digging in a cold, cold ground.
[F] The greedy fool is looking [Bb] for the gold I've ever found.
_ [Eb] It serves him right, and no one [Bb] here is missing him.
_ [F] Least of all the newlyweds of [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
We're the [F] happiest man and wife in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
He's a [F] shame. _