Saginaw, Michigan Chords by Lefty Frizzell

[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I was born _ [F] _
_ in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
_ _ [Eb] I grew up in a [Bb] house in _ [F] Saginaw Bay. _ _
My [Bb] dad was a poor, hard-working _ [Eb] Saginaw fisherman. _ _
Too [Bb] many times he came [F] home with too [Bb] little pay. _ _ _
I loved a girl _ [F] _
_ in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] The daughter of a [Bb] 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 gold.
[F] Like a crazy fool, I'm a-digging [Bb] in this frozen grounds of coal.
_ _ _ _ _ [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.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ I rode 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 [Eb] back 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 he [Bb] said, son, _ you wise, young, [Eb]
ambitious man.
_ _ [Bb] Will you sell your father [F]-in-law your Klondike [Bb]
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 here is [Bb] missing him.
_ _ Least [F] of all the _ newlyweds of [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
_ We're the happiest [F] man and wife _ in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
_ He's a shame [F] to show _ _ _ in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _