CAPO 1ST FRET STANDARD TUNING C Am F VERSE: A FARMER AND A TEACHER, A HOOKER AND A TEACHER, RIDING ON A MIDNIGHT G C Am BUS, BOUND FOR MEXICO. ONE WAS HEADED FOR VACATION, ONE FOR HIGHER F C EDUCATION, AND TWO OF THEM WERE SEARCHING FOR LOST SOULS. Dm G Dm PRE-CHORUS: THAT DRIVER NEVER EVER SAW THE STOP SIGN, AND EIGHTEEN WHEELERS G CAN'T STOP ON A DIME. C Am CHORUS: THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. F G C WHY THERE'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU Am F TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU C WHEN YOU GO. C Am F VERSE: THAT FARMER LEFT A HARVEST, A HOME AND EIGHTY ACRES. THE FAITH AND G C LOVE FOR GROWING THINGS, IN HIS YOUNG SON'S HEART. AND THAT TEACHER LEFT Am F HER WISDOM, IN THE MINDS OF LOTS OF CHILDREN, DID HER BEST TO GIVE THEM ALL G BETTER START. Dm G PRE-CHORUS: AND THAT PREACHER WHISPERED, CAN'T YOU SEE THE PROMISE LAND? AS Dm G LAY HIS BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE IN THAT HOOKERS HANDS. CHORUS Am F C BRIDGE: 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 F C G TEACHER, AND THAT PREAHCER. WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE TO MY MOMMA, WHO READ IT TO ME. CHORUS 2X 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!