A     E           A
I was born  in Saginaw, Michigan
      D        A        E
I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay
      A                                 D
My dad was a poor, hard working Saginaw fisherman
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too many times he came home with too little pay

      A     E           A
I loved the girl in Saginaw, Michigan
      D            A        E
The daughter of a very wealthy man
      A                                 D
But he called me "That son of a Saginaw fisherman"
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And not good enough to claim his daughter's hand.

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        D                                     A
Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold
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like a crazy fool I'm diggin in these frozen grounds a cold
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But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then
        E                                     A
I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan

      A     E           A
I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan
         D                 A           E
I said,"Honey, I'm comin' home please wait for me
                      A                       D
And you can tell your dad I'm comin' back a richer man
                 A             E               A
I've hit the biggest strike in Klondike history."

      A     E           A
Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan
      D                    A        E
He threw me a great big party with champagne
              A                      D
And he said,"Son, you wise, young, ambitious man,
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Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim?"

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        D                                     A
Now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground
        E                           A
The greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found
        D                                 A
It serves him right and no one here is missin' him
        E                                     A
At least not the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan.

           E                                A
We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan
           E                                A
He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan