The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down
Stompin' Tom Connors

[C]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
[C]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
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

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