Bridge Came Tumblin Down chords by Stompin Tom Connors

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Nineteen scarlet roses
       G7   C
The chaplain spread a-round
         G7   C
In the waters of Burrard Inlet
     G7   C
In old Van-couver Town
 C
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
          G7    C
There were seventy-nine men working
       G7    C
To build this brand new bridge
      G7   C
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
  G7   C
One man real-ized
        G7    C
How last night he'd been dreaming
     G7    C
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
  C
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
       G7   C
With frogmen in the water
        G7    C
By the cutting torches' glow
        G7    C
They fought to save the steel men
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And pain we'll never know
     F
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
     G7    C
It often makes you wonder
         G7   C
In strength, who has the edge
      G7     C
The longest steel-beam structure
        G7   C
That spans the highest ridge
C
Or the men that built the bridge
    F
For the bridge came tumblin' down
  C
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
       G7  C
Now if you're ever crossing
      G7    C
This mighty bridge sub-lime
       G7   C
And nineteen scarlet roses
    G7     C
Pass be-fore your mind
C
Remember and be kind
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The bridge came tumblin' down
  C
And nineteen men were drowned
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So you could ride to the other side
  F       C
Of old Vancouver Town
  G7
So you could ride to the other side of
***slow** F       C
     Old Vancouver Town