Three Wooden Crosses
Randy Travis

(Capo 1st Fret)
 Chords: C....X32010        Walk Down Chords: Em7...X20030
         Am...X02210                         Am7/G..3X2010
         F....133211                          F/E...033211
         G....3X0003
         Dm (xx0231@1) XX0231
        Gsus..3X0013

Intro:   C (x32010@1) Em7   Am (x02210@1) Am7/G (302020@1)C (x32010@1)                   Em7   Am (x02210@1)                  Am7/GA (302020@1)farmer and a teacher,   a hooker and a preacher
F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
        C (x32010@1)                Em7       Am (x02210@1)             Am7/GOne (302020@1)was headed for vacation, one for higher education
    F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)                Cand (x32010@1)two of them were searchin' for lost souls
     Dm (xx0231@1)                       GThat (320003@1)driver never ever saw the stop sign
    Dm (xx0231@1)                              Gsus (3x0013@1) Gand (320003@1)eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime.


          C (x32010@1)          Em7
There are three wooden crosses,
       Am (x02210@1)              Am7/Gon (302020@1)the right side of the highway
F (133211@1)                           C (x32010@1)         GWhy (320003@1)there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
            C (x32010@1)            Em7 
I guess it's, not what you take 
         Am (x02210@1)              Am7/Gwhen (302020@1)you leave this world behind you
     F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)               CIt's (x32010@1)what you leave behind you when you go


C (x32010@1)                       Em7   Am (x02210@1)                  Am7/GThat (302020@1)farmer left a harvest,   a home and eighty acres
    Fthe (133211@1)faith and love for growin' things
C (x32010@1)               Gin (320003@1)his young sons heart
         C (x32010@1)                    Em7
And that teacher left her wisdom
       Am (x02210@1)                      Am7/Gin (302020@1)the minds of lots of children
F (133211@1)                     G (320003@1)          CDid (x32010@1)her best to give'em all a better start
         DmAnd (xx0231@1)that preacher whispered,
                    G"Can't (320003@1)you see that promised land?"
      Dmas (xx0231@1)he laid his bloodstained bible
       Gsus (3x0013@1)   G (320003@1)    
in that hookers hand

          C (x32010@1)          Em7
There are three wooden crosses
       Am (x02210@1)              Am7/Gon (302020@1)the right side of the highway
F (133211@1)                           C (x32010@1)         GWhy (320003@1)there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
             C (x32010@1)           Em7
I guess it's, not what you take 
         Am (x02210@1)              Am7/Gwhen (302020@1)you leave this world behind you
     F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)               Cit's (x32010@1)what you leave behind you when you go


           Am (x02210@1)           Am7/G (302020@1)            FThat's (133211@1)the story that our preacher told last Sunday,
      Cas (x32010@1)he held that bloodstained bible up
    Gfor (320003@1)all of us to see
        Am (x02210@1)              Am7/GHe (302020@1)said, bless the farmer, and the teacher,
F (133211@1)               F/Eand (xx2211@1)that preacher
    Dm (xx0231@1)                             Gsus (3x0013@1)     G (320003@1)Gsus (3x0013@1)GWho (320003@1)gave this Bible to my Momma, Who read it to me


Chorus:

          C (x32010@1)          Em7
There are three wooden crosses
       Am (x02210@1)              Am7/Gon (302020@1)the right side of the highway
F (133211@1)                          C (x32010@1)             Gwhy (320003@1)there's not four of them, now I guess we know
C (x32010@1)               Em7
It's not what you take, 
         Am (x02210@1)              Am7/Gwhen (302020@1)you leave this world behind you,
     F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)               CIt's (x32010@1)what you leave behind you when you go

C (x32010@1)                    Em7
There are three wooden crosses
       Am (x02210@1)       Am7/G (302020@1)Con (x32010@1)the right side of the highway