Steel Men Jimmy Dean
Intro:
Ste[E]el men, hey-Wo[B]rking on a bridge of ste[E]el-Wor[B]king on a bridge of st[E]eel
Ou[E]t on the rocky western coast of Vancouver by the sea, at a place that's
known as Second Narrows, they were bu[B7]ilding a bridge of st[E]eel.
We[E]ll, they hammered and the cut and they riveted and the welding torches were bright
Making a strap on a river's back, when up[B7]on one fatal ni[E]ght
Chorus:
St[E]eel men, hey! wor[A]king on a bridge to cr[B]oss that water..
St[E]eel men, ho! wor[A]king on a br[B]idge of s[E]eel.
We[E]ll it happened on the eighteenth day of June back in nineteen fifty plus eight
People were fishing from the shore, the da[B7]y was getting la[E]te.
No[E]w the wind was tugging at the maple trees, but a steel man knows no fear.
If somebody wanted to bridge the Pacific, well, a ste[B]el man would be th[E]ere.
(repeat chorus)
Well, all of a sudden now, the wind picked up and blew as hard as it could
And that steel bridge swayed like a leaf in the breeze and it snapped like a stick of wood.
Now the girders buckled and the rivets broke and the water heard the cry
And that steel bridge shook off the working men like a hounddog shakes off flies
(repeat chorus)
Eighteen men just as hard as nails and as eager as a brand new bride.
And as the clock on the tower said quarter of four, all eighteen had died.
(repeat chorus)
Steel men ain't going back to wife and daughter. Steel men, living and dying by steel
Living and dying by steel...Living and dying by steel..(repeat and fade)
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