Chords for Cross On The Highway

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There's _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ a cross on the highway [F] where the tragic [C] wreck occurred
And I lost my two good friends taken to a [G] better _ world
_ [C] Well, there's stop signs and there's curves, [F] but the one we've got to [C] observe
_ [Am] Always bow your head and pray, any [F] time, night or day
_ [C] Whenever you see a cross _ [G] on the side of the highway
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_ _ _ _ Now, Derek Thomas was a [D] champion, _ [F] _ no one can deny [C] that _
_ He led the Alabama Crimson Tide in all-time [G] total sacks
_ _ [C] But his heart was [Gm] even bigger [F] than all his natural [C] athletic skill
_ He always helped the kids in the city
_ [G]
And you know what?
I think he [C] always will _ _
_ _ Now, my buddy Mike Telles was a good man
_ [F] _ Everybody [C] loved him so _ _
He took care of his dear father _ _ until he too was [G] called to go
_ [C] How my little girl cried [E] when [F] we all got the dreaded [C] news _
_ She said, but Daddy, Derek and Mike will [G] always be with us
_ [C] Don't the children always tell the truth? _ _
[D] I never paid no attention, [G] any time I passed [D] one by
Oh, but now I say a prayer, [A] because now I know [D]
why
_ _ _ _ There's a cross on the highway [G] where the tragic [D] wreck occurred
And I lost my two good friends, taken to a [A] better _ world
Oh, [D] there's stop signs and curves, [Gb] but [G] the one we [D] must observe
[Bm] Always bow your head and pray, [G] any _ time, not a day
_ _ [D] Whenever you see a cross [A] on the highway
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_ _ _ _ I saw it in the morning paper, _ _ [G] we hear it on the evening news
[D] _ _
A mother, a child, a family, _ _ life sometimes [A] can be mighty cruel
_ So _ [D] God help us through these troubled times
[G]
And please bless [D] us with peace of mind
_ There's just a shell there in the grave
_ [A] For the soul [D] has flown away
[Bb] [Cm] There's [Eb] a cross on the highway [Ab] where the tragic [Eb] wreck occurred
And I lost my two good friends, taken from this mean [Bb] old _ world
_ [Eb] Oh, there's warning signs and curves, but [Ab] the one we [Eb] must observe
[Cm] Always bow your head and pray, [Ab] any time, not a day
[Eb] Whenever you see a cross [Bb] on the [Eb] highway _ _
_ _ _ Always bow your head and [Bbm] pray, [Ab] any time, not a day
_ [Eb] Whenever you see a cross [Bb] on the _ _ highway
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_ _ I'm talking about a cross on the [Ebm] side of the highway
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