Bobby Bare – Saginaw Michigan (Guitar)
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As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1966 Album THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE)
[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)