Three Wooden Crosses
Randy TravisVersion1
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A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher
ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
One was headed for vacation, one for higher education
and two of them were searchin' for lost souls
That driver never ever saw the stop sign
and eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime.
There are three wooden crosses,
on the right side of the highway
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
I guess it's, not what you take
when you leave this world behind you
It's what you leave behind you when you go
That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres
the faith and love for growin' things
in his young sons heart
And that teacher left her wisdom
in the minds of lots of children
Did her best to give'em all a better start
And that preacher whispered,
"Can't you see that promised land?"
as he laid his bloodstained bible
in that hookers hand
There are three wooden crosses
on the right side of the highway
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
I guess it's, not what you take
when you leave this world behind you
it's what you leave behind you when you go
That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday,
as he held that bloodstained bible up
for all of us to see
He said, bless the farmer, and the teacher,
and that preacher
Who gave this Bible to my Momma, Who read it to me
There are three wooden crosses
on the right side of the highway
why there's not four of them, now I guess we know
It's not what you take,
when you leave this world behind you,
It's what you leave behind you when you go
There are three wooden crosses
on the right side of the highway
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Readable chord sheet for Three Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis
[C] [Em7] [Am] [Am7/G] [C]A farmer and a teacher[Em7], a [Am]hooker and a preacher [Am7/G] [F]ridin' on a midnight bus [C]bound for Mexi[G]co One was [C]headed for vacation[Em7], one for [Am]higher education [Am7/G] and [F]two of them were [G]searchin' for lost [C]souls That [Dm]driver never ever saw the s[G]top sign and [Dm]eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a [Gsus4]dime. [G] There are [C]three wooden [Em7]crosses, on the [Am]right side of the [Am7/G]highway [F]Why there's not four of them, [C]Heaven only [G]knows I guess it's[C], not what you [Em7]take when you [Am]leave this world b[Am7/G]ehind you It's [F]what you leave be[G]hind you when you [C]go [C]That farmer left a harvest[Em7], a [Am]home and eighty acres [Am7/G] the [F]faith and love for growin' things [C]in his young sons [G]heart And that [C]teacher left her wisdom[Em7] in the [Am]minds of lots of children [Am7/G] [F]Did her best to give'em [G]all a better [C]start And that [Dm]preacher whispered, "Can't you see that [G]promised land?" as he [Dm]laid his bloodstained bible in that[Gsus4] hookers h[G]and There are [C]three wooden [Em7]crosses on the [Am]right side of the [Am7/G]highway [F]Why there's not four of them, [C]Heaven only [G]knows I guess it's,[C] not what you [Em7]take when you [Am]leave this world b[Am7/G]ehind you it's [F]what you leave be[G]hind you when you [C]go That's the [Am]story that our [Am7/G]preacher told last [F]Sunday, as he [C]held that bloodstained bible up for [G]all of us to see He said,[Am] bless the farmer,[Am7/G] and the teacher, [F]and that preacher [F/E] Who [Dm]gave this Bible to my Momma, Who [Gsus4]read it to m[G]e [Gsus4] [G] There are [C]three wooden [Em7]crosses on the [Am]right side of the [Am7/G]highway [F]why there's not four of them,[C] now I guess we [G]know [C]It's not what you [Em7]take, when you [Am]leave this world b[Am7/G]ehind you, It's [F]what you leave be[G]hind you when you [C]go [C]There are three wooden [Em7]crosses on the [Am]right side [Am7/G]of the [C]highway