Three Wooden Crosses
By
Randy Travis
Comment #(Capo 1st Fret){optional}
Walk Down Chords: Em7...x20030
................................Am7/G..3x2010
.....................................F/E...033211
Chords: ...C...x32010
..............Am...x02210
.................F...133211
...............G.....3x0003
..............Dm.. xx0231
..............Gsus..3x0013
Verse 1:
Intro: C Em7 Am Am7/G
C------------------------- Em7--Am------------------------Am7/G
A 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
Chorus 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
By
Randy Travis
Comment #(Capo 1st Fret){optional}
Walk Down Chords: Em7...x20030
................................Am7/G..3x2010
.....................................F/E...033211
Chords: ...C...x32010
..............Am...x02210
.................F...133211
...............G.....3x0003
..............Dm.. xx0231
..............Gsus..3x0013
Verse 1:
Intro: C Em7 Am Am7/G
C------------------------- Em7--Am------------------------Am7/G
A 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
Chorus 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
