The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down

	  		(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 
>From certain (G7)death be(C)low 
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