Saginaw Michigan

G7 C C G7 C I was born in Saginaw, Michigan F C G7 I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay C G7 My dad was a poor, hard workin' Saginaw fisherman F G7 C too many times he came home with too little pay G G7 C I loved the girl (I loved a girl) in Saginaw, Michigan (in Saginaw, Michigan) F C G7 The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man C G7 But he called me, "That son of a Saginaw fisherman." F G7 C And I could end up to claim his daughter's hand. G G7 C Now I'm up here in Alaska lookin' around for gold (around for gold) G7 C F like a crazy fool I'm a-diggin' in these frozen ground, so cold C But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then G7 C I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan G G7 C I wrote my love (I wrote my love) in Saginaw, Michigan (in Saginaw, Michigan) F C G7 I said, "Honey, I'm comin' home please wait for me C G7 And you can tell your dad I'm comin' back a richer man F G7 C I've hit the biggest strike in Klondike history." G G7 C Her dad met me (her dad met me) in Saginaw, Michigan (in Saginaw, Michigan) F C G7 He threw me a great big party with champagne C G7 And he said, "Son, you're a wise, young, ambitious man, F G7 C Will you sell your father all your Klondike claim?" G G7 C Now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground F C G7 The greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found C G7 It serves him right and no one here is missin' him F G7 C the least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan. G7 C We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan F G7 C He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan