The Bridge Came Tumblin Down chords by Stompin Tom Connors

Verse 1

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Nineteen scarlet roses the Chaplin spread around
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The waters of Burrard inlet in old Vancover town
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Where the bridge came tumblin down and the bridge came tumblin down
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And nineteen steel men drown ,in June of nineteen fifty eight
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In old Vancover town


Verse 2

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There were seventy nine men working to build this brand new bridge
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To span the second narrows and connect up with the ridge
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Til the big win hit the ridge and the bridge came tumblin down
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And nineteen steel men drown and the medical cor couldn't be to sure
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Of the rest of the men they found


Verse 3

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In among the twisted girders one man realized
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How last night he'd been dreamin and saw before his eyes
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The big wind on the rise and the bridge came tumblin down
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And nineteen steel men drown and he saw the fright of the darkest night
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In old Vancover town


Verse 4

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With frogmen in the water by cutting torches glow
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they faught the save the steel men,from certain death below
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And the pain we'll never know when the bridge came tumblin down
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And nineteen steel men drown and sixty more that came ashore
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So thankful they were found


Verse 5

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It often makes you wonder in strength who has the edge
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The strongest steel beem structure that span the highest ridge
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Or the men who built the bridge for the bridge came tumblin down
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And nineteen steel men drown ,but the other men came back again
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To lay the new beems down


Verse 6

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Now if your ever crossing this mighty bridge sublime
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And nineteen scarlet roses pass before your mind
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Remember and be kind for the bridge came tumblin down
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And nineteen steel men drown ,so you could ride to the other side
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Of old Vancover town