Lefty Frizzell - Saginaw michigan

I was ^Gborn ^D7In Saginaw, M^Gichigan

I grew ^Cup in a ^Ghouse on Saginaw ^D7Bay My dad was a ^Gpoor, hard-^G7working Saginaw f^Cisherman

Too many t^Gimes he came home ^D7with too little ^Gpay I loved a g^Girl

^D7In Saginaw, M^Gichigan The d^Caughter of a w^Gealthy, wealthy ^D7man

But he called ^Gme that ^G7son of a Saginaw f^Cisherman And not g^Good enough to c^D7laim his daughter's h^Gand

Now I'm ^Cup here in Alaska l^Gooking around for gold Like a c^D7razy fool I'm digging in this f^Grozen ground so cold

But with e^Cach new day I pray I'll strike it r^Gich and then I'll go back h^D7ome and claim my love in Saginaw, M^Gichigan

I wrote my l^Gove ^D7In Saginaw, M^Gichigan

I said h^Coney I'm coming h^Gome please wait for ^D7me And you can tell your d^Gad I'm c^G7oming back a r^Cicher man

I hit the b^Giggest strike in K^D7londike histo^Gry Her dad met ^Gme

^D7In Saginaw, M^Gichigan He g^Cave me a great big p^Garty with champ^D7agne

Then he said ^Gson you're a w^G7ise young am^Cbitious man Will you s^Gell your father-in-^D7law your Klondike c^Glaim

Now he's up t^Chere in Alaska d^Giggin' in the cold, cold ground The g^D7reedy fool is looking for the ^Ggold I never found

It s^Cerves him right and no one here is ^Gmissing him Least of ^D7all the newlyweds of Saginaw, M^Gichigan

We're the happiest ^D7man and wife in Saginaw, M^Gichigan He's ashamed to s^D7how his face in Saginaw, M^Gichigan