{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":635281,"song":"Saginaw Michigan","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/635281-saginaw-michigan-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/635281?type=chord","rating":4.67029,"votes":24,"content":"[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was born  in Saginaw, Michigan[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI grew up in a house on Saginaw bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy dad was a poor, hard working Saginaw fisherman[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntoo many times he came home with too little pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI loved the girl in Saginaw, Michigan[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe daughter of a very wealthy man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he called me \"That son of a Saginaw fisherman\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd not good enough to claim his daughter's hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlike a crazy fool I'm diggin in these frozen grounds a cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI said,\"Honey, I'm comin' home please wait for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you can tell your dad I'm comin' back a richer man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've hit the biggest strike in Klondike history.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHer dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe threw me a great big party with champagne[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he said,\"Son, you wise, young, ambitious man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWill you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt serves him right and no one here is missin' him[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt least not the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","E","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}