Bridge Came Tumblin Down chords by Stompin Tom Connors

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Nineteen scarlet roses
             G7      C
The chaplain spread a-round
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In the waters of Burrard Inlet
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In old Van-couver Town
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Where the bridge came tumblin' down
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When the bridge came tumblin' down
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Nineteen men were drowned
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In June or nineteen fifty-eight
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In old Vancouver Town
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There were seventy-nine men working
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To build this brand new bridge
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To span the Second Narrows
               G7       C
And connect up with the ridge
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Till a big wind hit the bridge
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And the bridge came tumblin' down
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And nineteen men were drowned
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And the medical corps couldn't be too sure
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Of the rest of the men they found
             G7      C
In among the twisted girders
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One man real-ized
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How last night he'd been dreaming
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And saw be-fore his eyes
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The big wind on the rise
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And the bridge came tumblin' down
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And nineteen steel men drowned
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And he saw the fright of the darkest night
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In old Vancouver Town
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With frogmen in the water
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By the cutting torches' glow
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They fought to save the steel men
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And pain we'll never know
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When the bridge came tumblin' down
    C
And nineteen men were drowned
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And sixty more that came ashore
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So thankful they were found
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It often makes you wonder
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In strength, who has the edge
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The longest steel-beam structure
               G7      C
That spans the highest ridge
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Or the men that built the bridge
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For the bridge came tumblin' down
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And nineteen men were drowned
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But the other men came back again
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To lay the new beams down
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Now if you're ever crossing
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This mighty bridge sub-lime
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And nineteen scarlet roses
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Pass be-fore your mind
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Remember and be kind
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The bridge came tumblin' down
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And nineteen men were drowned
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So you could ride to the other side
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Of old Vancouver Town
   G7
So you could ride to the other side of
***slow** F             C
          Old Vancouver Town