Chords for Saginaw, Michigan

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I was born [Eb] in [Ab] Saginaw, Michigan. _
[Db] I grew up [Ab] in a house on [Eb] Saginaw Bay.
My [Ab] dad was a poor, hard-working [Db] Saginaw fisherman.
Too [Ab] many times he [Eb] came home with too [Ab] little pay.
I loved a girl [Eb] in [Ab] Saginaw, _ Michigan.
[Db] The daughter [Ab] of a wealthy, [Eb] wealthy man.
But he [Ab] called me that son of a [Db] Saginaw fisherman, and not [Ab] good enough [Eb] to claim his [Ab] daughter's hand. _
[Db] Now I'm up here in Alaska, [Ab] looking around for gold.
[Eb] Like a crazy fool, I'm digging [Ab] in that frozen ground so cold.
_ [Db] But with each new day I pray, I'll [Ab] strike it rich and then I'll [Eb] go back home and claim my love in [Ab] Saginaw, Michigan.
I wrote my love [Eb] in [Ab] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Db] I said, honey, I'm [Ab] coming home, please wait for me.
[Eb] And you can [Ab] tell your dad I'm coming [Db] back a richer man.
I've [Ab] hit the biggest [Eb] strike in Kondak [Ab] history.
_ Her dad met me [Eb] in [Ab] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Db] He gave me a [Ab] great big party with [Eb] champagne.
_ And he [Ab] said, son, you're a wise, [Db] young, ambitious man.
Will [Ab] you sell your [Eb] father-in-law your [Ab] Kondak claim?
Now [Db] he's up there in Alaska, [Ab]
digging the cold, cold ground.
[Eb] The greedy fool is looking for [Ab] gold I never found.
_ [Db] It serves him right, and no one here [Ab] is missing him.
Least [Eb] of all the newlyweds of [Ab] Saginaw, Michigan.
We're the happiest [Eb] man and wife in [Ab] Saginaw, Michigan.
He's a [Eb] strange, jolly suitcase in [Ab] Saginaw, Michigan.
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