Three Wooden Crosses

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[Intro]
C C/B Am Am7/G
[Verse 1]
C C/B 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 C/B Am Am7/G
One was headed for vacation, one for higher education
F G C
and two of them were searchin' for lost souls
[Pre-chorus 1]
Dm G
That driver never ever saw the stop sign
Dm G Gsus4
and eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime.
[Chorus]
C C/B
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 C/B
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 C/B 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 C/B
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
[Pre-chorus]
Dm
And that preacher whispered,
G
"Can't you see that promised land?"
Dm
as he laid his blood-stained bible
G Gsus4
in that hookers hand
[Chorus]
C C/B
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 C/B
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
[Bridge]
Am G F
That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday,
C
as he held that blood-stained bible up
G Gsus4
for all of us to see
Am Am7/G
He said, bless the farmer, and the teacher,
F
and that preacher
F Dm G Gsus4
Who gave this Bible to my Momma, Who read it to me
[Chorus]
C C/B
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 C/B
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
[Outro]
C C/B
There are three wooden crosses
Am Am7/G C
on the right side of the highway

Three Wooden Crosses chords and lyrics

Free chords for Three Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
C   C/B   Am   Am7/G
[Verse 1]
[Pre-chorus 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Outro]

Three Wooden Crosses Chords by Randy Travis

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