Saginaw, Michigan Chords by Lefty Frizzell

[Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
I was born [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan. _
[Eb] I grew up [Bb] in a house in [F] Saginaw Bay.
[Bb] My 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 he [Bb] called me that son of a [Eb] Saginaw fisherman.
And not [Bb] good enough [F] to claim his [Bb] daughter's hand.
Now [Eb] I'm up here in Alaska, [Bb] looking around for [Gm] gold.
[F] Like a crazy fool, I'm a-digging in [Bb] this frozen grounds of coal.
_ _ [Eb] But with each new day, I pray I'll strike [Bb] it rich and then
I'll go [F] back home and claim my love in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
I wrote my love [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ I [Eb] said, honey, I'm coming [Bb] home, please wait [F] for me.
And you can tell [Bb] your dad I'm coming back [Eb] a richer man.
I hit [Bb] the biggest rack [F] 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 [Bb] he said, son, you're a wise, young, [Eb] ambitious man.
[Bb] Will you sell your father-in [F]-law your [Bb] Klondike land?
_ Now [Eb] he's up there in Alaska, [Bb] digging in a cold, cold ground.
[F] The greedy fool is looking for [Bb] the gold I never found.
_ [Eb] It serves him right, and no one here [Bb] is missing him.
Least [F] of all the newlyweds of [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
We're the [F] happiest man and wife in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
He's [F] ashamed of the shame