Three Wooden Crosses — Randy Travis
Chords and lyrics for Three Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis (key of C, capo 1).
Intro
[C] [Em] [Am7/C] [C]
Verse 1
[C]A farmer and a teacher, a [Am]hooker and a preacher, [F]riding on a midnight
[C]bus bound for Mexico. One [G]was headed for vacation, [C]one for higher
[Am]education, and two of them were searching [F]for lost [G]souls.
Pre-Chorus
[C]That [Dm]driver never ever saw the stop sign, [G]and [Dm]eighteen wheelers
[G]can't stop on a dime.
Chorus
[G]There are [C]three wooden crosses [Em/B]on the [C]right side of the highway,
[F]why there's not four of them, heaven [C]only knows. [G]I guess it's [C]not what you
[Am]take when you leave this world behind [C]you, it's [F]what you leave behind [G]you
when you go.
Verse 2
[C]That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres. The [Am]faith and
[F]love for growing things in [C]his young son's heart. And that [G]teacher left
[C]her wisdom in the minds of lots of children, [Am]and did her best [F]to give them all [G]a
better start.
Pre-Chorus
[C]And that [Dm]preacher whispered, can't you see the promised land, [G]as he
[Dm]lay his bloodstained Bible in that [G]hooker's hands.
Chorus
[G]There are [C]three wooden crosses [Em/B]on the [C]right side of the highway,
[F]why there's not four of them, heaven [C]only knows. [G]I guess it's [C]not what you
[Am]take when you leave this world behind [C]you, it's [F]what you leave behind [G]you
when you go.
Bridge
[C]That's the story that our preacher told [F]last Sunday, as he held [C]his
[G]bloodstained Bible up for all of us to see. He [Am]said bless the farmer, and the [G]teacher, and the [F]preacher,
who gave this Bible [Dm]to my mama, who read [G]it to me.
Chorus
[G]There are [C]three wooden crosses [Em/B]on the [C]right side of the highway,
[F]why there's not four of them, now [C]I guess we know. [G]I guess it's [C]not what you
[Am]take when you leave this world behind [C]you, it's [F]what you leave behind [G]you
when you go.
Outro
[G]There are [C]three wooden crosses on the right side of [Am]the [G]highway.