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 (320003@1)                     EmA (022000@1)farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher
C (x32010@1)                      DRiding (xx0232@1)on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
        G (320003@1)                          EmOne (022000@1)was headed for vacation, one for higher education
    C (x32010@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)two of them were searchin' for a lost soul
          Em (022000@1)                      DWell (xx0232@1)that driver never ever saw the stop sign
    C (x32010@1)                               D-----hang chord
And eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime

There are


Chorus:
G (320003@1)                         Em (022000@1)                           CThree (x32010@1)wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
                              D (xx0232@1)                   GWhy (320003@1)there's not four of them, heaven only knows
                                EmIt's (022000@1)not what you take when you leave this world behind you
     C (x32010@1)              D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go

G, Em, C, D

Verse:
          G (320003@1)                      EmWell (022000@1)that farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres
  C (x32010@1)                               D (xx0232@1)
A faith and love for growin' things in his young son's heart
         G (320003@1)                            EmAnd (022000@1)that teacher left her wisdom in the mind's of lots of children
        C (x32010@1)               DDid (xx0232@1)her best to give them all a better start
         Em (022000@1)                                   DAnd (xx0232@1)that preacher whispered, "can't you see the promised land?"
              C (x32010@1)                                 D-----hand chord
As he lay his bloodstained bible in that hooker's hand

There are

Chorus:
G (320003@1)                         Em (022000@1)                          CThree (x32010@1)wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
                              D (xx0232@1)                         GWhy (320003@1)there's not four of them, heaven only knows
                                Em (022000@1)                     
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
     C (x32010@1)              D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go

G, Em, C, D

Bridge:
                Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)                CWell (x32010@1)that's the story that our preacher told last sunday
      G (320003@1)                                 DAs (xx0232@1)he held that bloodstained bible up for all of us to see
                    Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)             CHe (x32010@1)said, "bless the farmer and the teacher and the preacher"
              C (x32010@1)                   D-----------------hang chord
Who gave this bible to my mama, who read it to me

There are


Chorus:
G (320003@1)                         Em (022000@1)                           CThree (x32010@1)wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
                              D (xx0232@1)                       GWhy (320003@1)there's not four of them, now I guess we know
                                EmIt's (022000@1)not what you take when you leave this world behind you
     C (x32010@1)              D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go

G, Em, C, D and finish with G