Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses

three wooden crosses
randy travis

( capo 1st fret )
chords : C . . . . x32010 walk down chords : Em7 . . . x20030
Am . . . x02210 Am7/G . . 3×2010
F . . . . 133211 F/E . . . 033211
G . . . . 3×0003
Dm xx0231
Gsus . . 3×0013

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 .

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

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

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

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