Bobby Bare - Saginaw Michigan Chords

[Intro]
G   C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C          G          C               F       C                G7
I was born in Saginaw Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay
             C                         F
My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman
         C                  G               C
Too many times he came home with too little pay
 
 
[Verse 2]
C              G          C            F             C               G7
I loved a girl in Saginaw Michigan the daughter of a wealthy wealthy man
              C                        F
But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
           C            G                        C
And said I wasn't good enough for his daughter's hand
 
 
[Bridge]
             F                 C
That's why I went up to Alaska searchin' around for gold
       G7                              C
Like a crazy fool I was diggin' in the frozen ground so cold
         F                                 C
But with each new day I pray I'd strike it rich and then
             G7                                C
I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw Michigan
 
 
[Verse 3]
C               G          C               F                C                    G7
I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan I said honey I'm comin' home please wait for me
                      C                     F
And you can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
             C                 G7            C
I've hit the biggest strike in Klondike history
 
 
[Verse 4]
C                    G       C
So her dad met me in Saginaw Michigan
             F               C                 G7
He gave me a great big party and we served champagne
             C                C7           F
Then he said son now you're a wise young ambitious man
              C                   G                 C
Now won't you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim
 
 
[Outro]
            F                  C
So now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold cold ground
        G7                             C
Why the greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found
   F                                     C
It serves him right and no one here is a missin' him
         G7                            C
Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan
         G7                           C
Least of all us newly weds of Saginaw Michigan
G7   C
      (Saginaw Michigan)