Three Wooden Crosses Chords by Randy Travis
Tempo:
78.85 bpm
Chords used:
Db
Ab
Bbm
Gb
Ebm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [Bbm]
[Db] A farmer and a teacher, [Bbm] a hooker and a [Db] preacher, riding [Gb] on a midnight bus [Db] bound for Mexico.
One was headed for vacation, [Bbm] one for higher education, [Gb] and two of [Ab] them were searching [Db] for lost souls.
[Eb] That driver [Ebm] never ever [Ab] saw the stop sign, [Ebm] and eighteen wheelers can't stop [Ab] on a dime.
[Db] There are three [Fm] wooden crosses [Bbm] on the right side [Db] of the highway.
[Gb] Why there's not four of [Db] them, heaven [Ab] only knows.
I [Db] guess it's not [Fm] what you take [Bbm] when you leave this [Db] world behind you, [Gb] it's what you [Ab] leave behind you [Db] when you go.
That farmer left to harvest [Bbm] a home in eighty acres.
[Gb] The faith and love were growing [Db] things in his young [Ab] son's heart.
[Db] And that teacher left her wisdom [Bbm] in the minds of lots of children, [Gb] and did her best to give [Ab] them all a [Db] better start.
[Ebm] And that preacher whispered, can't you see [Ab] the promised land, as he [Ebm] lay his bloodstained Bible in that [Eb] hooker's hand.
[Ab] There [Db] are three [Fm] wooden crosses [Bbm] on the right side [Db] of the highway.
[Gb] Why there's not four of them, [Db]
heaven [Ab] only knows.
I guess [Db] it's not [Cm] what you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Db] behind you, [Gb] it's what you [Ab] leave behind you when [Db] you go.
[Bbm] That's the story that [Ab] our preacher told [Gb] last Sunday.
[Db] As he held that bloodstained Bible up [Ab] for all of us to see, he said, bless [Bbm] the farmer [Ab] and the teacher [Gb] and the preacher.
Who gave [Ebm] this Bible to my mama, [Ab] who read it to me.
There [Db] are three wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side of [Db] the highway.
[Gb]
Why there's not four of them, [Db] now I guess [Ab] we know.
[Db] It's not what [Fm] you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Db] behind you, [Gb] it's what you leave [Ab] behind you when you [Db] go.
There are three [Cm] wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side [Ab] of the [Db] highway.
[Db] A farmer and a teacher, [Bbm] a hooker and a [Db] preacher, riding [Gb] on a midnight bus [Db] bound for Mexico.
One was headed for vacation, [Bbm] one for higher education, [Gb] and two of [Ab] them were searching [Db] for lost souls.
[Eb] That driver [Ebm] never ever [Ab] saw the stop sign, [Ebm] and eighteen wheelers can't stop [Ab] on a dime.
[Db] There are three [Fm] wooden crosses [Bbm] on the right side [Db] of the highway.
[Gb] Why there's not four of [Db] them, heaven [Ab] only knows.
I [Db] guess it's not [Fm] what you take [Bbm] when you leave this [Db] world behind you, [Gb] it's what you [Ab] leave behind you [Db] when you go.
That farmer left to harvest [Bbm] a home in eighty acres.
[Gb] The faith and love were growing [Db] things in his young [Ab] son's heart.
[Db] And that teacher left her wisdom [Bbm] in the minds of lots of children, [Gb] and did her best to give [Ab] them all a [Db] better start.
[Ebm] And that preacher whispered, can't you see [Ab] the promised land, as he [Ebm] lay his bloodstained Bible in that [Eb] hooker's hand.
[Ab] There [Db] are three [Fm] wooden crosses [Bbm] on the right side [Db] of the highway.
[Gb] Why there's not four of them, [Db]
heaven [Ab] only knows.
I guess [Db] it's not [Cm] what you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Db] behind you, [Gb] it's what you [Ab] leave behind you when [Db] you go.
[Bbm] That's the story that [Ab] our preacher told [Gb] last Sunday.
[Db] As he held that bloodstained Bible up [Ab] for all of us to see, he said, bless [Bbm] the farmer [Ab] and the teacher [Gb] and the preacher.
Who gave [Ebm] this Bible to my mama, [Ab] who read it to me.
There [Db] are three wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side of [Db] the highway.
[Gb]
Why there's not four of them, [Db] now I guess [Ab] we know.
[Db] It's not what [Fm] you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Db] behind you, [Gb] it's what you leave [Ab] behind you when you [Db] go.
There are three [Cm] wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side [Ab] of the [Db] highway.
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_ [Db] _ A farmer and a teacher, [Bbm] a hooker and a [Db] preacher, riding [Gb] on a midnight bus [Db] bound for Mexico.
One was headed for vacation, [Bbm] one for higher education, [Gb] and two of [Ab] them were searching [Db] for lost souls.
[Eb] That driver [Ebm] never ever [Ab] saw the stop sign, [Ebm] and eighteen wheelers can't stop [Ab] on a dime.
_ [Db] There are three [Fm] wooden crosses [Bbm] on the right side [Db] of the highway.
[Gb] Why there's not four of [Db] them, heaven [Ab] only knows.
I [Db] guess it's not [Fm] what you take [Bbm] when you leave this [Db] world behind you, [Gb] it's what you [Ab] leave behind you [Db] when you go.
_ _ That farmer left to harvest [Bbm] a home in eighty acres.
[Gb] The faith and love were growing [Db] things in his young [Ab] son's heart.
[Db] And that teacher left her wisdom [Bbm] in the minds of lots of children, [Gb] and did her best to give [Ab] them all a [Db] better start.
_ [Ebm] And that preacher whispered, can't you see [Ab] the promised land, as he [Ebm] lay his bloodstained Bible in that [Eb] hooker's hand.
[Ab] There [Db] are three [Fm] wooden crosses [Bbm] on the right side [Db] of the highway.
[Gb] Why there's not four of them, [Db]
heaven [Ab] only knows.
I guess [Db] it's not [Cm] what you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Db] behind you, [Gb] it's what you [Ab] leave behind you when [Db] you go.
_ _ [Bbm] That's the story that [Ab] our preacher told [Gb] last Sunday.
_ [Db] As he held that bloodstained Bible up [Ab] for all of us to see, he said, bless [Bbm] the farmer [Ab] and the teacher [Gb] and the preacher.
Who gave [Ebm] this Bible to my mama, [Ab] who read it to me.
_ _ _ There [Db] are three wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side of [Db] the highway.
[Gb]
Why there's not four of them, [Db] now I guess [Ab] we know.
[Db] It's not what [Fm] you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Db] behind you, [Gb] it's what you leave [Ab] behind you when you [Db] go.
There are three [Cm] wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side [Ab] of the [Db] highway.
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_ [Db] _ A farmer and a teacher, [Bbm] a hooker and a [Db] preacher, riding [Gb] on a midnight bus [Db] bound for Mexico.
One was headed for vacation, [Bbm] one for higher education, [Gb] and two of [Ab] them were searching [Db] for lost souls.
[Eb] That driver [Ebm] never ever [Ab] saw the stop sign, [Ebm] and eighteen wheelers can't stop [Ab] on a dime.
_ [Db] There are three [Fm] wooden crosses [Bbm] on the right side [Db] of the highway.
[Gb] Why there's not four of [Db] them, heaven [Ab] only knows.
I [Db] guess it's not [Fm] what you take [Bbm] when you leave this [Db] world behind you, [Gb] it's what you [Ab] leave behind you [Db] when you go.
_ _ That farmer left to harvest [Bbm] a home in eighty acres.
[Gb] The faith and love were growing [Db] things in his young [Ab] son's heart.
[Db] And that teacher left her wisdom [Bbm] in the minds of lots of children, [Gb] and did her best to give [Ab] them all a [Db] better start.
_ [Ebm] And that preacher whispered, can't you see [Ab] the promised land, as he [Ebm] lay his bloodstained Bible in that [Eb] hooker's hand.
[Ab] There [Db] are three [Fm] wooden crosses [Bbm] on the right side [Db] of the highway.
[Gb] Why there's not four of them, [Db]
heaven [Ab] only knows.
I guess [Db] it's not [Cm] what you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Db] behind you, [Gb] it's what you [Ab] leave behind you when [Db] you go.
_ _ [Bbm] That's the story that [Ab] our preacher told [Gb] last Sunday.
_ [Db] As he held that bloodstained Bible up [Ab] for all of us to see, he said, bless [Bbm] the farmer [Ab] and the teacher [Gb] and the preacher.
Who gave [Ebm] this Bible to my mama, [Ab] who read it to me.
_ _ _ There [Db] are three wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side of [Db] the highway.
[Gb]
Why there's not four of them, [Db] now I guess [Ab] we know.
[Db] It's not what [Fm] you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Db] behind you, [Gb] it's what you leave [Ab] behind you when you [Db] go.
There are three [Cm] wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side [Ab] of the [Db] highway.
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