Three Wooden Crosses With Lyrics Chords

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_ A farmer and a teacher, [Ab] _ [Bbm] a hooker and [Db] a preacher, _ _ [Gb] riding on a midnight bus bound for [Ab] Mexico. _
One [Db] was headed for _ vacation, one [Bbm] for higher _ _ education, _ and [Gb] two of them were [Ab] searching for [Db] lost _ souls. _
_ [Ebm] That driver never ever saw the stop [Ab] _ sign, _ _ _ [Ebm] and eighteen wheelers can't stop on a [Ab] _ dime. _ _ _
There [Db] are three wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side of [Ab] the highway.
_ [Gb] _ Why there's not four of them, [Db] heaven only [Ab] knows.
I guess [Db] it's not what you take [Eb] when you leave [Bbm] this world [Db] behind you.
[Gb] It's what you leave [Ab] behind you when you [Db] go. _ _ _ _
_ That farmer left a harvest, [Eb] a home and eighty [Bbm] acres.
_ [Gb] The faith and love were growing things [Db] in his young [Ab] son's heart.
And [Db] that teacher left her wisdom _ [Bbm] in the minds of lots of children, and [Gb] did her best to give them [Ab] all a [Db] better start. _ _ _ _
And [Ebm] that preacher _ whispered, can't you see [Ab] the promised land? _
As he lay [Ebm] his bloodstained Bible [Eb] in [Ebm] that [Ab] hooker's hand. _ _ _
There [Db] are three wooden crosses on [Bbm] the right side of [Ab] the highway.
_ _ [Gb] _ Why there's not four of them, [Db] heaven only [Ab] knows.
I guess [Db] it's not what you take when [Bbm] you leave this world [Ab] behind you.
[Gb] It's what you leave [Ab] behind you [Db] when you go. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] That's the story that [Ab] our preacher told [Gb] last Sunday. _ _ _
As [Db] he held that bloodstained Bible up [Ab] for all of us to see, he said, bless [Bbm] the farmer _ [Ab] and the teacher _ [Gb] and the preacher. _ _
Who gave this [Ebm] Bible to my mama, _ [Ab] who read it to _ _ me. _ _ _ _ _ _
There [Db] are three wooden crosses [Eb] on the [Bbm] right side of [Db] the highway.
_ [Gb] _ Why there's not four of them, [Db] now I guess [Ab] we know.
_ _ [Db] It's not what you take when you [Bbm] leave this world [Ab] behind you.
[Gb] It's what you leave [Ab] behind you [Db] when you go. _ _ _ _
There are three wooden [Ab]
crosses on the [Bbm] right side of the highway. _ _ _ _
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