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Three Wooden Crosses
Randy Travis

Capo 1st Fret

[Intro]     C     C/B    Am    Am/B

C             C/B       Am                        F                              C
A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher, ridin' on a midnight bus, bound for
G                    C           C/B                Am                     F
Mexico. One was headed for vacation, one for higher education, and two of them were
G                    C             F                              G                F
Searchin� for lost souls. That driver never, ever saw the stop sign, and eighteen-
                                           G
Wheelers can't stop on a dime.

[Chorus]
                   C                 C/B         Am                           F
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway. ____ why there's not four of
           C             G                     C                    C/B       Am
Them heaven only knows. I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind
                 F                 G                        C
You. It's what you leave behind you when you go.

C                     C/B       Am                           F                    C                 Am
That farmer left a harvest, a home and eightty acres, a faith and love for growin' things in his
                G                  C                 C/B            Am
Young son's heart. And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children and did
      F                  G            C                 F
Her best to Give�em all a better start. And that preacher whispered, "Can't you see the
 G                                   F                                           G
Promised land?� as he laid his bloodstained Bible in that hooker's hand.

[Chorus]
                   C                  C/B       Am                           F
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway. ____ why there's not four of
           C             G                     C                    C/B       Am
Them heaven only knows. I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind
                 F                 G                        C
You. It's what you leave behind you when you go.

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

[Chorus]
                   C                C/B          Am                              F
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway. ____ why there's not four of
           C                 G           C                    C/B       Am
Them now I guess we know.  It�s not what you take when you leave this world behind
                 F                 G                        C                                           C/B
You. It's what you leave behind you when you go. There are three wooden crosses on the
Am                     C
Right side of the highway.

Submitted By
kellymark@rogers.com

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