Key: F major
Verse 1
Gm
F
Working on a bridge of steel
Gm
F
Working on a bridge of steel
Verse 2
of Vancouver by the sea
Dm
At a place that's known as Second Narrows
G
C
F
they were building a bridge of steel
Verse 3
and the welding torches were bright
Gm
C
F
C
went on pourin' from day till night
Verse 4
F
Bb
Steel men (hey)
Working on a bridge to cross
C
F
(that water)
Dm
Gm
Steel men (ho)
C
F
Working on a bridge of steel
Verse 5
June back in nineteen- fifty plus eight
Gm
C
F
the day was getting late
Verse 6
trees but a steel man knows no fear
C
F
Dm
If somebody wanted to bridge the Pacific,
Gm
G
C
F
C
well, a steel man would be there
Verse 7
F
Bb
Steel men (hey)
Working on a bridge to
C
F
cross (that water)
Dm
Gm
Steel men (ho)
F
F#
Verse 8
F#
the wind picked up and it blew as hard as it could
D#
And that steel bridge swayed like a leaf in
G#
C#
F#
the breeze and it snapped like a stick of wood
Verse 9
broke and the water heard the cry
D#m
And that steel bridge shook off the work ing men
G#m
C#
like a hounddog shakes off flies
Verse 10
F#
B
Steel men (hey)
Working on a bridge to
C#
F#
cross (that water)
D#m
D#
G#m
Steel men (ho)
C#
F#
C#
Working on a bridge of steel
Verse 11
F#m
Eighteen men just as hard as nails and
D#
And as the clock on the tower said a quarter- to- four,
G#m
C#
F#
C#
all eighteen had died
Verse 12
F#
B
Steel men (hey)
Working on a bridge to
C#
F#
cross (that water)
D#m
G#m
Steel men (ho)
C#
F#
C#
Working on a bridge of steel
Verse 13
F#
B
Steel men (hey)
wife and daughter
F#
D#m
G#m
Steel men (ho)
C#
F#
Living and dy ing by steel
Verse 14
G#m
C#
F#
Living and dying by steel (hey)
Living and dying by steel (hey)
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