Cross Over The Bridge

Words & Music by Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
Recorded by Patti Page, 1954 (#2)


A7  D        A        Em7   D      D9       G6     D       A7
If you're a guy who's had a gal in each and every port

    D      A        Em7       D        E      Bm7-5        A
And you forgot the rules of love that life has al - ways taught

    D       A        D9   D7/9      G     G/F#    E7
And if you broke as many hearts as ripples in a stream,

       D       A          B7  B7/F#      E7     A7     D    
Well, brother, here's the only way that you can be redeemed:


Refrain:
 
      A7/6       D     G  D       Em7        D       G  D
Cross over the bridge,      cross over the bridge

Edim        D        Em7     D     B7   E7            A
Change your reckless way of livin',   cross over the bridge

Cdim   A7   D      Em7    D9   D
Leave your fickle past behind you,

D7   G      G/F#      E7         D     F#m  E7       A7         D
And true romance will find you, brother,       cross over the bridge


A7  D        A      Em7      D       D9      G6      D    A7
If you have built a boat to take you to the greener side,

    D      A        Em7      D    E      Bm7-5   A
And if the boat is built of every lie you ever lied,

       D       A        D9      D7/9     G     G/F#    E7
You'll never reach the Promised Land of Love, I guarantee

        D       A        B7  B7/F#       E7     A7     D    
'Cause lies cannot hold water and you'll sink into the sea

Repeat Refrain:

A7  D      A    Em7  D     D9       G6       D       A7
I know it isn't easy to resist temptation's call

     D        A        Em7    D          E      Bm7-5      A
But think of how your broken heart will hurt you when you fall

         D      A        D9      D7/9      G     G/F#    E7
'Cause someday you will find that you are hopelessly in love

     D        A      B7      B7/F#    E7      A7     D    
And she'll belong to someone else as sure as stars above

Repeat Refrain:


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