Saginaw, Michigan

# #Saginaw, Michigan Lefty Frizzell # #Intro: G7-C # C G7 C 1)I was born in Saginaw, Michigan F C G7 I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay C F My dad was a poor, hard working Saginaw fisherman C G7 C too many times he came home with too little pay 2) I loved the girl in Saginaw, Michigan The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man But he called me "That son of a Saginaw fisherman" Not good enough to claim his daughter's hand. Bridge1) F C Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold G7 C like a crazy fool I'm diggin in this frozen ground so cold (C7) F 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 3) I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan I said,"Honey, I'm a comin' home please wait for me And you can tell your dad I'm comin' back a richer man I've hit the biggest strike in Klondike history." 4) Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan He gave me a great big party with champagne And he said,"Son, you wise, young, ambitious man, Won't you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim?" Bridge2) Now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground That greedy fool is diggin' for the gold I never found It serves him right and no one here is missin' him Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan. G7 C We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan