Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
Verse:p
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
A augmentedA farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher
FF C majorC G+G
ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
One was headed for vacation, one for higher education
FF G+G C majorC
and two of them were searchin' for lost souls
DmDm G+G
That driver never ever saw the stop sign
DmDm GsusGsus G+G
and eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime.
Chorus:
C majorC E minor 7Em7
There are three wooden crosses,
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
on the right side of the highway
FF C majorC G+G
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
C majorC E minor 7Em7
I guess it's, not what you take
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
when you leave this world behind you
FF G+G C majorC
It's what you leave behind you when you go
Verse 2:
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres
FF
the faith and love for growin' things
C majorC G+G
in his young sons heart
C majorC E minor 7Em7
And that teacher left her wisdom
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
in the minds of lots of children
FF G+G C majorC
Did her best to give'em all a better start
DmDm
And that preacher whispered,
G+G
"Can't you see that promised land?"
DmDm
as he laid his bloodstained bible
GsusGsus G+G
in that hookers hand
Chorus:
C majorC E minor 7Em7
There are three wooden crosses
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
on the right side of the highway
FF C majorC G+G
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
C majorC E minor 7Em7
I guess it's, not what you take
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
when you leave this world behind you
FF G+G C majorC
it's what you leave behind you when you go
Tag:
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G FF
That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday,
C majorC
as he held that bloodstained bible up
G+G
for all of us to see
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
He said, bless the farmer, and the teacher,
FF F/E
and that preacher
DmDm GsusGsus G+G GsusGsus G+G
Who gave this Bible to my Momma, Who read it to me
Chorus:
C majorC E minor 7Em7
There are three wooden crosses
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
on the right side of the highway
FF C majorC G+G
why there's not four of them, now I guess we know
C majorC E minor 7Em7
It's not what you take,
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
when you leave this world behind you,
FF G+G C majorC
It's what you leave behind you when you go
C majorC E minor 7Em7
There are three wooden crosses
A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G C majorC
on the right side of the highway