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Saginaw
Michigan lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use, it's a
Lefty Frizzell song. It's a great country classic that you can easily
learn using these lyrics with chords, it's easy.
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Saginaw Michigan recorded by Lefty Frizzell written by Bill Anderson and Don Wayne
G
D7
G I was born in Saginaw Michigan
C
G
D7 I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay
G
C My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman
G
D7
G Too many times he came home with too little pay D7 G I love a girl in Saginaw Michigan
C
G
D7 The daughter of a wealthy wealthy man
G
C But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
G
D7
G Not good enough to claim his daughters hand
C
G Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold D7
G Like a crazy fool I'm digging in this frozen ground so cold
C
G But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then D7
G I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw Michigan
D7 G I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan
C
G
D7 I said Honey I'm coming home please wait for me
G
C You can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
G
D7 G I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history
D7 G Her dad met me in Saginaw Michigan
C
G
D7 He
gave me a great big party with
champagne
G
C Then
he said Son you're a wise young ambitious
man
G D7
G Will you sell you're father in law your Klondike claim
C
G Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold cold ground
D7
G The greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found C
G It serves him right and no one here is missing him
D7
G Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan
D7
G The happiest man and wife in Saginaw Michigan
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If
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hits, it has rather simple chords with a nice melody making it easy to
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