Bridge Building Man Chords by Rick Price

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_ Hey-oh, [Bm] _ _ [E] hey-oh, _ hey [N]-oh _ _ _
_ Hey-oh, _ hey-oh, hey-oh _ _ _ _
_ [D] Every morning [C] with the rising of the sun
It was pull on your boots [N] for the hardest work to be done
In the valley over yonder where the river runs between
Well folks said even [F#] bridges, some of you know what I mean
It's time to snag [C] out the timber, [A] get the monkey in the frame
[C] Land all your girders, [D] get the decking on the same
Well such is the [A] life of a bridge building man
He pushes on through thick and [E] thin the best that he [Dm] can
When the river runs deep [C] and the river runs wide
[D] And there's only one [E] way to the other _ side
_ Now when [Am] building bridges gotta build them strong
[Dm] When the river rises [E] after the storm
[Am] Son, did I ever tell you, do you [F] understand
[Dm] Do you know what it's like to [E] be a bridge building man
Hey-oh, _ _ [C] hey-oh, hey [E]-oh
Ah, listen to me now
So goes the story of my dad and grandpa Jack
[Dm] Ever since I was a [D] little boy sitting [C] on my daddy's [Am] lap
He said life is like a river son, it [G] keeps us all apart
[Dm] You gotta learn to build your bridges [E] from heart to heart
[Dm] Well the river runs deep [C] and the river runs wide
[D] Well there's only one [E] way to the other _ side
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[Em] Now when [Am] building bridges gotta build them strong
[Dm] When the river [E] rises after the storm
[Am] Son, did I ever tell you, do you [Am] understand
[Dm] Do you know what it's like to [E] be a bridge [Am] building _ man
_ Oh, _
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[Am] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, _ _ _ [Dm] yeah
_ _ _ [E] _ Well _
[Dm] the river runs deep [C] and the river runs wide
[D] And there's only one [E] way to the other _ side
_ [Am] Now when building bridges gotta build them strong
[Dm] When the river rises after [E] the storm
[Am] Son, did I ever tell you, do you [F] understand
[Dm] Do you know what it's like to [E] be a bridge [Am] building [C] man _
[F] Ah, yeah
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[Em] After the storm, [Am] son, did I ever tell you, do you [C] understand
[Dm] Do you know what it's like to be a [E] _ _ _ bridge _ [Am] building [A] man
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[C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] Yeah, yeah
_ _ Yeah, [A] yeah
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Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
[Am] Yeah, _ _ _
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_ yeah
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_ _ _ [Dm] yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, [F] yeah
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_ [C] yeah Yeah, _ [F] _ _ _ _