[Intro]
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[Verse]
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If I ever get to Saginaw again,
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A locale that's somewhat off the beaten track.
Bm Em C
Get to see the girl I never saw again
G
Who must know why I have never ventured back.
G
We we young,
Bm Em
And so alive
G C
And now I wonder if she'd cling to me,
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Become my very own as she did then,
G
If I ever get to Saginaw again.
Bm Em C
[Verse]
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If I ever get to Saginaw again,
G D G
It won't be in Spring with meadows turning green.
Bm Em C
It won't be to tangle with the law again.
G
And it won't be with someone only seventeen,
G
Who gave her love,
Bm Em
And made me hers.
C
And when you find the one you're dreaming of
Who thinks to ask, "How old is love?",
D
Not "when"
G
You may never get to Saginaw again.
Bm Em C
[Verse]
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If I ever get to Saginaw again
G D G
I will get to see son who bears my name.
Bm C
And perhaps I'll quietly withdraw again
G
When I see the little man that he became.
G
And how I yearn
Bm Em
To watch him grow.
C
A father's love is maybe all it takes
D
To not repeat those sad mistakes of men
D
If I ever get to Saginaw again
[Outro]
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