Three Wooden Crosses
Randy Travis

Capo 1st Fret


[Intro]     C     C/B    Am    Am/B


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A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher, ridin' on a midnight bus, bound for
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Mexico. One was headed for vacation, one for higher education, and two of them were
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Searchin? for lost souls. That driver never, ever saw the stop sign, and eighteen-
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Wheelers can't stop on a dime.


[Chorus]
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There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway. ____ why there's not four of
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Them heaven only knows. I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind
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You. It's what you leave behind you when you go.



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That farmer left a harvest, a home and eightty acres, a faith and love for growin' things in his
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Young son's heart. And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children and did
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Her best to Give?em all a better start. And that preacher whispered, "Can't you see the
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Promised land?? as he laid his bloodstained Bible in that hooker's hand.





[Chorus]
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There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway. ____ why there's not four of
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Them heaven only knows. I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind
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You. It's what you leave behind you when you go.


[Bridge]
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That's a story that our preacher told last Sunday, as he held that blood-stained Bible up for
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All of us to see.  He said, "Bless the farmer and the teacher and the preacher
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Who gave this Bible to my mama, who read it to me."



[Chorus]
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There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway. ____ why there's not four of
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Them now I guess we know.  It?s not what you take when you leave this world behind
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You. It's what you leave behind you when you go. There are three wooden crosses on the
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Right side of the highway.

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