Travis Randy — Three Wooden Crosses

CAPO 1ST FRET STANDARD TUNING C Am F VERSE: A FARMER AND A TEACHER, A HOOKER AND A TEACHER, RIDING ON A MIDNIGHT G C Am BUS, BOUND FOR MEXICO. ONE WAS HEADED FOR VACATION, ONE FOR HIGHER F C EDUCATION, AND TWO OF THEM WERE SEARCHING FOR LOST SOULS. Dm G Dm PRE-CHORUS: THAT DRIVER NEVER EVER SAW THE STOP SIGN, AND EIGHTEEN WHEELERS G CAN'T STOP ON A DIME. C Am CHORUS: THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. F G C WHY THERE'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU Am F TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU C WHEN YOU GO. C Am F VERSE: THAT FARMER LEFT A HARVEST, A HOME AND EIGHTY ACRES. THE FAITH AND G C LOVE FOR GROWING THINGS, IN HIS YOUNG SON'S HEART. AND THAT TEACHER LEFT Am F HER WISDOM, IN THE MINDS OF LOTS OF CHILDREN, DID HER BEST TO GIVE THEM ALL G BETTER START. Dm G PRE-CHORUS: AND THAT PREACHER WHISPERED, CAN'T YOU SEE THE PROMISE LAND? AS Dm G LAY HIS BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE IN THAT HOOKERS HANDS. CHORUS Am F C BRIDGE: THAT'S THE STORY THAT OUR PREACHER TOLD LAST SUNDAY, AS HE HELD HIS G Am BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE UP, FOR ALL OF US TO SEE. HE SAID BLESS THE FARMER, AND F C G TEACHER, AND THAT PREAHCER. WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE TO MY MOMMA, WHO READ IT TO ME. CHORUS 2X THERE'S A SMALL LYRIC CHANGE AT END ON THE CHORUS. JUST LISTEN TO THE SONG AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE I MEAN. HAVE FUN!

 Capo 1st Fret
 
Intro: C   Em7   Am   Am7/G
 
 C                     Em7   Am               Am7/G
А farmer and a teacher,   a hooker and a preacher 
 F                        C             G 
ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico 
         C                  Em7       Am          Am7/G
One was headed for vacation, one for higher education 
     F                G                  C
and two of them were searchin' for lost souls 
      Dm                         G
That driver never ever saw the stop sign 
     Dm                                Gsus G
and eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime. 
 
Chorus: 
           C            Em7
There are three wooden crosses, 
        Am                Am7/G
on the right side of the highway 
 F                             C           G
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows 
             C              Em7 
I guess it's, not what you take  
          Am                Am7/G
when you leave this world behind you 
      F                G                 C
It's what you leave behind you when you go 
 
Verse 2: 
 C                         Em7   Am              Am7/G
That farmer left a harvest,   a home and eighty acres 
     F
the faith and love for growin' things 
 C                 G
in his young sons heart 
          C                   Em7
And that teacher left her wisdom 
        Am                    Am7/G
in the minds of lots of children 
 F                       G       C
Did her best to give'em all a better start 
          Dm
And that preacher whispered, 
                     G
"Can't you see that promised land?" 
       Dm
as he laid his bloodstained bible 
        Gsus     G      
in that hookers hand 
 
Chorus: 
           C            Em7
There are three wooden crosses 
        Am                Am7/G
on the right side of the highway 
 F                             C           G
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows 
              C             Em7
I guess it's, not what you take  
          Am                Am7/G
when you leave this world behind you 
      F                G                 C
it's what you leave behind you when you go 
 
Tag: 
            Am             Am7/G              F
That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday, 
       C
as he held that bloodstained bible up 
    G
for all of us to see 
         Am                Am7/G
He said, bless the farmer, and the teacher, 
 F                 F/E
and that preacher 
     Dm                               Gsus    G  Gsus  G
Who gave this Bible to my Momma, Who read it to me 
 
Chorus: 
           C            Em7
There are three wooden crosses 
        Am                Am7/G
on the right side of the highway 
 F                            C               G
why there's not four of them, now I guess we know 
 C                 Em7
It's not what you take,  
          Am                Am7/G
when you leave this world behind you, 
      F                G                 C
It's what you leave behind you when you go 
 
 C                      Em7
There are three wooden crosses 
        Am         Am7/G  C
on the right side of the highway