Alright, so since I'm a girl and Randy Travis has a very low voice, I have put
this version into a higher key for those of you who cannot sing as low as Randy Travis.
Capo 3
Key: G
G, Em, C, D
G Em
A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher
C D
Riding on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
G Em
One was headed for vacation, one for higher education
C D
And two of them were searchin' for a lost soul
Em D
Well that driver never ever saw the stop sign
C D-----hang chord
And eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime
There are
Chorus:
G Em C
Three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
D G
Why there's not four of them, heaven only knows
Em
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D
Verse:
G Em
Well that farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres
C D
A faith and love for growin' things in his young son's heart
G Em
And that teacher left her wisdom in the mind's of lots of children
C D
Did her best to give them all a better start
Em D
And that preacher whispered, "can't you see the promised land?"
C D-----hand chord
As he lay his bloodstained bible in that hooker's hand
There are
Chorus:
G Em C
Three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
D G
Why there's not four of them, heaven only knows
Em
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D
Bridge:
Em D C
Well that's the story that our preacher told last sunday
G D
As he held that bloodstained bible up for all of us to see
Em D C
He said, "bless the farmer and the teacher and the preacher"
C D-----------------hang chord
Who gave this bible to my mama, who read it to me
There are
Chorus:
G Em C
Three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
D G
Why there's not four of them, now I guess we know
Em
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D and finish with G
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