The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down

Stompin' Tom Connors

Nineteen [G7]scarlet [C]roses

The chaplain [G7]spread a[C]round

In the waters of [G7]Burrard [C]Inlet

In old Van[G7]couver [C]Town

Where the bridge came tumblin' down

When the [F]bridge came tumblin' down

Nineteen men were drowned

In [G7]June or nineteen fifty-eight

In [F]old Vancouver [C]Town

There were seventy-[G7]nine men [C]working

To build this [G7]brand new [C]bridge

To span the [G7]Second [C]Narrows

And connect up [G7]with the [C]ridge

Till a big wind hit the bridge

And the [F]bridge came tumblin' down

And [C]nineteen men were drowned

And the [G7]medical corps couldn't be too sure

Of the [F]rest of the men they [C]found

In among the [G7]twisted [C]girders

One man[G7] real[C]ized

How last night [G7]he'd been [C]dreaming

And saw be[G7]fore his [C]eyes

The big wind on the rise

And the [F]bridge came tumblin' down

And [C]nineteen steel men drowned

And he [G7]saw the fright of the darkest night

In [F]old Vancouver [C]Town

With frogmen[G7] in the [C]water

By the cutting [G7]torches' [C]glow

They fought to [G7]save the [C]steel men

>From certain [G7]death be[C]low

And pain we'll never know

When the [F]bridge came tumblin' down

And [C]nineteen men were drowned

And [G7]sixty more that came ashore

So [F]thankful they were [C]found

It often [G7]makes you [C]wonder

In strength, who [G7]has the [C]edge

The longest [G7]steel-beam [C]structure

That spans the [G7]highest [C]ridge

Or the men that built the bridge

For the [F]bridge came tumblin' down

And [C]nineteen men were drowned

But the [G7]other men came back again

To [F]lay the new beams [C]down

Now if you're [G7]ever [C]crossing

This mighty [G7]bridge sub[C]lime

And nineteen [G7]scarlet [C]roses

Pass be[G7]fore your [C]mind

Remember and be kind

The [F]bridge came tumblin' down

And [C]nineteen men were drowned

So [G7]you could ride to the other side

Of [F]old Vancouver [C]Town

So [G7]you could ride to the other side of

(slow) [F]Old Vancouver [C]Town

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Submitted by: Dennis Hiebert

dhiebert@mars.ark.com

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