Bridge Came Tumblin Down Chords
Bridge Came Tumblin Down by Stompin' Tom Connors is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G7 C
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
F
When the bridge came tumblin' down
C
Nineteen men were drowned
G7
In June or nineteen fifty-eight
F C
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
C
Till a big wind hit the bridge
F
And the bridge came tumblin' down
C
And nineteen men were drowned
G7
And the medical corps couldn't be too sure
F C
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
C
The big wind on the rise
F
And the bridge came tumblin' down
C
And nineteen steel men drowned
G7
And he saw the fright of the darkest night
F C
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
G7 C
From certain death be-low
C
And pain we'll never know
F
When the bridge came tumblin' down
C
And nineteen men were drowned
G7
And sixty more that came ashore
F C
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
G7
But the other men came back again
F C
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
F
The bridge came tumblin' down
C
And nineteen men were drowned
G7
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