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
A [G]farmer and a teacher, a [Em]hooker and a preacher
[C]Riding on a midnight bus [D]bound for Mexico
One was [G]headed for vacation, one for [Em]higher education
And [C]two of them were [D]searchin' for a lost soul
Well that [Em]driver never ever saw the [D]stop sign
C D-----hang chord
And eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime
There are
Chorus:
[G]Three wooden crosses on the [Em]right side of the highway[C]
Why there's not four of them, [D]heaven only knows[G]
It's not what you take when you [Em]leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D
Verse:
Well that [G]farmer left a harvest, a [Em]home and eighty acres
A [C]faith and love for growin' things [D]in his young son's heart
And that [G]teacher left her wisdom in the [Em]mind's of lots of children
Did her [C]best to give them [D]all a better start
And that [Em]preacher whispered, "can't you see the [D]promised land?"
C D-----hand chord
As he lay his bloodstained bible in that hooker's hand
There are
Chorus:
[G]Three wooden crosses on the [Em]right side of the highway[C]
Why there's not four of them, [D]heaven only knows[G]
It's not what you take when you [Em]leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D
Bridge:
Well that's the [Em]story that our [D]preacher told last [C]sunday
As he [G]held that bloodstained bible up for [D]all of us to see
He said, "bless the [Em]farmer and the [D]teacher and the [C]preacher"
C D-----------------hang chord
Who gave this bible to my mama, who read it to me
There are
Chorus:
[G]Three wooden crosses on the [Em]right side of the highway[C]
Why there's not four of them, [D]now I guess we know[G]
It's not what you take when you [Em]leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D and finish with G
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
A [G]farmer and a teacher, a [Em]hooker and a preacher
[C]Riding on a midnight bus [D]bound for Mexico
One was [G]headed for vacation, one for [Em]higher education
And [C]two of them were [D]searchin' for a lost soul
Well that [Em]driver never ever saw the [D]stop sign
C D-----hang chord
And eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime
There are
Chorus:
[G]Three wooden crosses on the [Em]right side of the highway[C]
Why there's not four of them, [D]heaven only knows[G]
It's not what you take when you [Em]leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D
Verse:
Well that [G]farmer left a harvest, a [Em]home and eighty acres
A [C]faith and love for growin' things [D]in his young son's heart
And that [G]teacher left her wisdom in the [Em]mind's of lots of children
Did her [C]best to give them [D]all a better start
And that [Em]preacher whispered, "can't you see the [D]promised land?"
C D-----hand chord
As he lay his bloodstained bible in that hooker's hand
There are
Chorus:
[G]Three wooden crosses on the [Em]right side of the highway[C]
Why there's not four of them, [D]heaven only knows[G]
It's not what you take when you [Em]leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D
Bridge:
Well that's the [Em]story that our [D]preacher told last [C]sunday
As he [G]held that bloodstained bible up for [D]all of us to see
He said, "bless the [Em]farmer and the [D]teacher and the [C]preacher"
C D-----------------hang chord
Who gave this bible to my mama, who read it to me
There are
Chorus:
[G]Three wooden crosses on the [Em]right side of the highway[C]
Why there's not four of them, [D]now I guess we know[G]
It's not what you take when you [Em]leave this world behind you
C D-hang chord
It's what you leave behind you when you go
G, Em, C, D and finish with G
