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Three Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis - Guitar Chords

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[Verse]
C                       Am                     F
A FARMER AND A TEACHER, A HOOKER AND A PREACHER, RIDING ON A MIDNIGHT 
    G                         C                            Am
BUS, BOUND FOR MEXICO. ONE WAS HEADED FOR VACATION, ONE FOR HIGHER 
               F                 G              C
EDUCATION, AND TWO OF THEM WERE SEARCHING FOR LOST SOULS.


[Pre-Chorus]
     Dm                          G            Dm
THAT DRIVER NEVER EVER SAW THE STOP SIGN, AND EIGHTEEN WHEELERS
                  G
CAN'T STOP ON A DIME.


[Chorus]
          C               C/B           Am               Am/G
THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
F                              C            G                C
WHY THERE'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU 
C/B            Am                  Am/G          F                 G
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU 
           C
WHEN YOU GO.


[Verse]
    C                        Am                         F
THAT FARMER LEFT A HARVEST, A HOME AND EIGHTY ACRES. THE FAITH AND
                        C                    G              C
LOVE FOR GROWING THINGS, IN HIS YOUNG SON'S HEART. AND THAT TEACHER LEFT
                  Am                                  F                   G
HER WISDOM, IN THE MINDS OF LOTS OF CHILDREN, DID HER BEST TO GIVE THEM ALL 
          C
BETTER START.


[Pre-Chorus]
           Dm                                    G
AND THAT PREACHER WHISPERED, CAN'T YOU SEE THE PROMISED LAND? AS HE
        Dm                                  G
LAY HIS BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE IN THAT HOOKERS HANDS.


[Chorus]
          C               C/B           Am               Am/G
THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
F                              C            G                C
WHY THERE'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU 
C/B            Am                  Am/G          F                 G
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU 
           C
WHEN YOU GO.



[Bridge]
           Am               G                F             C
THAT'S THE STORY THAT OUR PREACHER TOLD LAST SUNDAY, AS HE HELD HIS
                            G                                   Am
BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE UP, FOR ALL OF US TO SEE. HE SAID BLESS THE FARMER, AND 
G                 F                       Dm                     G
TEACHER, AND THAT PREACHER. WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE TO MY MOMMA, WHO READ IT TO ME. 


[Chorus]
          C               C/B           Am               Am/G
THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
F                             C               G    C
WHY THERE'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, NOW I GUESS WE KNOW.  IT'S NOT WHAT YOU 
C/B            Am                  Am/G          F                 G
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU 
           C
WHEN YOU GO.


[Outro]
          C               C/B          Am         Am/G      C
THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF... THE HIGHWAY.




THERE'S A SMALL LYRIC CHANGE AT END ON THE CHORUS. JUST LISTEN TO THE SONG
AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE I MEAN. HAVE FUN! 
        

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