Chords for Saginaw, Michigan

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_ I was born _ [G] _
in [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
_ I [F] grew up [C] in a house on [G] Saginaw Bay. _ _ _
My dad [C] was a poor, _ hard-working _ [F] Saginaw fisherman. _ _ _
Too many [C] times he came [G] home with too little [C] pay. _ _ _
I loved a girl _ _ [G]
in _ [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _
_ _ [F] The daughter _ [C] of a wealthy, wealthy [G] man. _ _ _
But he [C] called me that son of a [F] Saginaw fisherman. _ _ _
And said I [C] wasn't good [G] enough for his [C] daughter's hand. _ _ _
That's why [F] I went up to Alaska,
_ _ [C] Searchin' around for gold.
_ [G] Like a crazy fool I was [G] diggin'
And [C] the frozen grounds so cold.
But [F] with each new day I prayed I'd strike it [C] rich and then _ _
I'd go back [G] home and claim my love in [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _
I wrote my love _ _ [G]
in _ [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _
_ I [F] said, honey, I'm comin' [C]
home, please wait [G] for me. _ _
And you can tell [C] your dad _ I'm comin' back [F] a richer man. _ _
I hit [C] the biggest strike [G] in Klondike [C] history. _ _ _
So her dad met me _ _ [G] _
in [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _ _
He gave [F] me a great big party [C]
and he served [G] champagne. _ _ _
Then he [C] said, son, now you're a wise, young, [F] ambitious man. _ _
Now won't you [C] sell your father [G]-in-law your [C] Klondike claim?
_ So _ now [F] he's up there in Alaska,
_ _ [C] Diggin' in the cold, cold ground.
_ [G] While the greedy fool is [G] lookin' for [C] the gold I never found.
_ [F] It serves him right, no one here [C] is missin' him. _
_ Least [G] of all the newlyweds of [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
_ _ [G] Least of all us _ newlyweds of _ [C] Saginaw, Michigan. _ _
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