Stompin' Tom Connors - Bridge came tumblin down

^CNineteen ^G7scarlet ^Croses The chaplain ^G7spread a^C-round In the waters of ^G7Burrard ^CInlet In old Van^G7-couver ^CTown W^Chere the bridge came tumblin' down When the ^Fbridge came tumblin' down ^CNineteen men were drowned In ^G7June or nineteen fifty-eight In ^Fold Vancouver ^CTown There were seventy-^G7nine men ^Cworking To build this ^G7brand new ^Cbridge To span the ^G7Second ^CNarrows And connect up ^G7with the ^Cridge ^CTill a big wind hit the bridge And the ^Fbridge came tumblin' down And ^Cnineteen men were drowned And the ^G7medical corps couldn't be too sure Of the ^Frest of the men they ^Cfound In among the ^G7twisted ^Cgirders One ^G7man real^C-ized How last night ^G7he'd been ^Cdreaming And saw be^G7-fore his ^Ceyes ^CThe big wind on the rise And the ^Fbridge came tumblin' down And ^Cnineteen steel men drowned And he ^G7saw the fright of the darkest night In ^Fold Vancouver ^CTown With frogmen ^G7in the ^Cwater By the cutting ^G7torches' ^Cglow They fought to ^G7save the ^Csteel men From certain ^G7death be^C-low ^CAnd pain we'll never know When the ^Fbridge came tumblin' down And ^Cnineteen men were drowned And ^G7sixty more that came ashore So ^Fthankful they were ^Cfound It often ^G7makes you ^Cwonder In strength, who ^G7has the ^Cedge The longest ^G7steel-beam ^Cstructure That spans the ^G7highest ^Cridge ^COr the men that built the bridge For the ^Fbridge came tumblin' down And ^Cnineteen men were drowned But the ^G7other men came back again To ^Flay the new beams ^Cdown Now if you're ^G7ever ^Ccrossing This mighty ^G7bridge sub^C-lime And nineteen ^G7scarlet ^Croses Pass be^G7-fore your ^Cmind ^CRemember and be kind The ^Fbridge came tumblin' down And ^Cnineteen men were drowned So ^G7you could ride to the other side Of ^Fold Vancouver ^CTown So ^G7you could ride to the other side of

^FOld Vancouver ^CTown