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            Saginaw, Michigan 
Lefty Frizzell

[Intro]
 G7  C

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
             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.

[Bridge 1]
         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

[Verse 3]
             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."

[Verse 4]
             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?"

[Bridge 2]
          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.

[Outro]
                   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
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