Saginaw Michigan
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
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)
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