{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":897760,"song":"Three Wooden Crosses","artist":"Randy Travis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/897760-three-wooden-crosses-chords-by-randy-travis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/897760?type=chord","rating":4.74775,"votes":1202,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\nA farmer and a teacher,   a hooker and a preacher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\nOne was headed for vacation, one for higher education[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand two of them were searchin' for lost souls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat driver never ever saw the stop sign[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nand eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nThere are three wooden crosses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\non the right side of the highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy there's not four of them, Heaven only knows[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nI guess it's, not what you take[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\nwhen you leave this world behind you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's what you leave behind you when you go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\nThat farmer left a harvest,   a home and eighty acres[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe faith and love for growin' things[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin his young sons heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nAnd that teacher left her wisdom[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\nin the minds of lots of children[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDid her best to give'em all a better start[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd that preacher whispered,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Can't you see that promised land?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nas he laid his blood-stained bible[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nin that hookers hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nThere are three wooden crosses[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\non the right side of the highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy there's not four of them, Heaven only knows[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nI guess it's, not what you take[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\nwhen you leave this world behind you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nit's what you leave behind you when you go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's the story that our preacher told last Sunday,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas he held that blood-stained bible up[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nfor all of us to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\nHe said, bless the farmer, and the teacher,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand that preacher[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\nWho gave this Bible to my Momma, Who read it to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nThere are three wooden crosses[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\non the right side of the highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhy there's not four of them, now I guess we know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nIt's not what you take,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am7/G[/ch]\r\nwhen you leave this world behind you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's what you leave behind you when you go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nThere are three wooden crosses[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am7/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\non the right side of the highway[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC   C/B   Am   Am7/G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus 1]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","C/B","Am","Am7/G","A","F","G","Dm","Gsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}