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[Verse 1]
Em G
My name is Eddie, I am a worn man now
D Em
But I know where I was that day
Em G
Hiding from the foreman at the base of the tower
D Em
When I saw the mighty bridge give way
Em G
Bolts started snapping on the western span
D Em
They sounded like machine gun fire
Em G
You should have heard when she came down
D Em
The wind blew me over the wire
[Chorus]
G D
And the cold wind blows
Am C
Down by the river where nobody goes
G D C
Hell broke free when the bridge came down
Am Em
When the bridge came down
G D C
Na na na na na na na Na na na na na
[Verse 2]
Em G
We took it to the engineers
D Em
And made ‘em look up from their plans
Em G
Said something about rust and a difference in camber
D Em
And buckles in the western span
Em G
We went back on the job that day
D Em
Well they swore blue murder she would never come down
Em G
I got away with six broken ribs
D Em
I am the luckiest man around
[Chorus]
G D
And the cold wind blows
Am C
Down by the river where nobody goes
G D C
Hell broke free when the bridge came down
Am Em
When the bridge came down
G D C D Em
Na na na na na na na Na na na na na
G D C Em
Na na na na na na na Na na na na na
[Verse 3]
Em G
Sometimes I lay awake at night
D Em
And think about the ones who died
Em G
The riggers and the chippies and the boilermakers
D Em
The boys who had nowhere to hide
Em G
I think about how proud we were
D Em
And how we got a bad job done
Em G
You've got to trust who you are working with
D Em
When the steel starts to buckle in the sun
[Chorus]
G D
And the cold wind blows
Am C
Down by the river where nobody goes
G D C
Hell broke free when the bridge came down
G D
And the cold wind blows
Am C
Down by the river where nobody goes
G D C
Hell broke free when the bridge came down
Am Em
When the bridge came down
G D C D Em
Na na na na na na na Na na na na na
G D C D Em
Na na na na na na na Na na na na na
G D C D Em
Na na na na na na na Na na na na na
G D C D Em
Na na na na na na na Na na na na na
