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