Three Wooden Crosses Randy Travis

Three Wooden Crosses

Randy Travis

Ashley

3375
0:00 3:09
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Db
Capo:
Fret 1
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| C | - | - | - |
| - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
  C
A farmer and a teacher,
C/B  Am                   Am7/G
   a hooker and a preacher
F                        C               G
Riding on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
        C
One was headed for vacation,
C/B        Am              Am7/G
   one for higher education
    F                    G             C
And two of them were searching for lost souls

[Pre-Chorus]
     Dm                            G
That driver never ever saw the stop sign
    Dm                                    G
And eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime

[Chorus]
         C                 G               Am
There are three wooden crosses on the right  side of the
    Am7/G
highway
F
 Why there's not four of them,
C                G
Heaven only knows
            C                 G         Am
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world
      Am7/G
behind     you
     F                    G               C
It's what you leave behind you when you go

[Verse 2]
     C                     C/B  Am
That farmer left a harvest,   a home,
                Am7/G
and eighty acres
    F                                 C
The faith and love for growing things in his young son's
G
heart
         C                      C/B       Am
And that teacher left her wisdom   in the minds of lots of
        Am7/G
children
            F                    G              C
And did her best to give them all a better start

[Pre-Chorus]
         Dm
And that preacher whis pered,
                      G
"Can't you see the Promised Land?"
               Dm                                      G
As he laid his bloodstained Bible in that hooker's hand

[Chorus]
         C                 G               Am
There are three wooden crosses on the right  side of the
    Am7/G
highway
F
 Why there's not four of them,
C                G
Heaven only knows
            C                 G         Am
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world
      Am7/G
behind     you
     F                    G               C
It's what you leave behind you when you go

[Bridge]
           Am                 G              F
That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday
          C                               G
As he held that bloodstained Bible up for all of us to see
                       Am              G
He said, "Bless the farmer, and the teacher,
        F
and the preacher
              Dm
Who gave this Bible to my mama,
    G
who read it to me"

[Chorus]
         C                 G               Am
There are three wooden crosses on the right  side of the
    Am7/G
highway
F
 Why there's not four of them,
C                  G
now I guess we know
C                      G              Am
 It's not what you take when you leave  this world
      Am7/G
behind     you
     F                    G               C
It's what you leave behind you when you go

[Outro]
         C                 G               Am    Am7/G
There are three wooden crosses on the right  side     of
    C
the highway

Bars

[Intro]
| C | - | - | - |
| - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
                         | C - |
| - C/B | Am - | - Am7/G | F - |
| - -   | C  - | G -     | C - |
| - C/B | Am - | - Am7/G | F - |
| G -   | C  - | - -     |

A farmer and a teacher,
a hooker and a preacher
Riding on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
One was headed for vacation,
one for higher education
And two of them were searching for lost souls

[Pre-Chorus]
            | Dm |
| - | G | - | Dm |
| - | G | - |

That driver never ever saw the stop sign
And eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime

[Chorus]
                 | C |
| G | Am | Am7/G | F |
| - | C  | G     | C |
| G | Am | Am7/G | F |
| G | C  | -     |

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

[Verse 2]
                         | C - |
| - C/B | Am - | - Am7/G | F - |
| - -   | C  - | G -     | C - |
| - C/B | Am - | - Am7/G | F - |
| G -   | C  - | - -     |

That farmer left a harvest,   a home,
and eighty acres
The faith and love for growing things in his young son's
heart
And that teacher left her wisdom   in the minds of lots of
children
And did her best to give them all a better start

[Pre-Chorus]
            | Dm |
| - | G | - | Dm |
| - | G | - |

And that preacher whis pered,
"Can't you see the Promised Land?"
As he laid his bloodstained Bible in that hooker's hand

[Chorus]
                 | C |
| G | Am | Am7/G | F |
| - | C  | G     | C |
| G | Am | Am7/G | F |
| G | C  | -     |

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

[Bridge]
            | Am |
| G | F | - | C  |
| - | G | - | Am |
| G | F | - | Dm |
| - | G | - | -  |
| - |

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 the preacher
Who gave this Bible to my mama,
who read it to me"

[Chorus]
        | C | G | Am |
| Am7/G | F | - | C  |
| G     | C | G | Am |
| Am7/G | F | G | C  |
| -     |

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

[Outro]
      | C - | G - | Am Am7/G |
| - C |

There are three wooden crosses on the right  side     of
the highway

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