SAGINAW MICHIGAN
            (Anderson, Wayne)

                                      Rhythm: Rock3 142  

                 C    G7                    C

I WAS BORN  IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN

                 F                 C                                 G7

I GREW UP IN A HOUSE ON SAGINAW BAY

                                 C                         C7                               F

MY DAD WAS A POOR, HARD WORKING SAGINAW FISHERMAN

                          C                                       G7                           C 

TOO MANY TIMES HE CAME HOME WITH TOO LITTLE PAY

                        C    G7                                 C

I LOVED A GIRL  IN SAGINAW MICHIGAN

            F                                 C                                  G7

THE DAUGHTER OF A WEALTHY, WEALTHY MAN

                                 C                  C7                                   F

BUT HE CALLED ME "THAT SON OF A SAGINAW FISHERMAN"

                          C                           G7                                                            C

AND SAID I WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S HAND

                               F                                            C

THAT'S WHY I WENT UP TO ALASKA, SEARCHIN' 'ROUND 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 STRIKE IT RICH AND THEN

                             G7                                                                             C

I'LL GO BACK HOME AND CLAIM MY LOVE IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN

                            C   G7                              C

I WROTE MY LOVE  IN SAGINAW MICHIGAN

                    F                                                C                              G7

I SAID, "HONEY, I'M COMING HOME, PLEASE WAIT FOR ME

                                                    C                 C7                                       F 

AND YOU CAN TELL YOUR DAD I'M COMING HOME A RICHER MAN

                        C                        G7                                 C

I HIT THE BIGGEST STRIKE IN KLONDIKE HISTORY"

                                     C G7                         C                 C7     

SO HER DAD MET ME  IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN

             F                                         C                                                  G7

HE GAVE ME A GREAT BIG PARTY AND HE SERVED CHAMPAGNE

                                  C                                    C7                                              F

THEN HE SAID, "SON, NOW YOU'RE A WISE, YOUNG, AMBITIOUS MAN,

                                     C                                        G7                                         C

NOW WON'T YOU SELL YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW YOUR KLONDIKE CLAIM ?"

                                        F                               C

SO NOW HE'S UP THERE IN ALASKA, DIGGIN' IN THE COLD COLD GROUND

                               G7                                                      C

LIKE  A CRAZY FOOL HE IS LOOKING FOR THE GOLD I NEVER FOUND

                        F                                                       C

IT SERVES HIM RIGHT, AND NO ONE HERE IS MISSING HIM

                      G7                                                                              C

LEAST OF ALL THE NEWLY WEDS OF SAGINAW MICHIGAN.