Three Wooden Crosses

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 Gsus . . 3x0013 Intro : C Em7 Am Am7/G C Em7 Am Am7/G a farmer and a teacher , a hooker and a preacher F C G ridin’ on a midnight bus bound for mexico C Em7 Am Am7/G one was headed for vacation , one for higher education F G C and two of them were searchin’ for lost souls Dm G that driver never ever saw the stop sign Dm Gsus G and eighteen - wheelers can’t stop on a dime . C Em7 there are three wooden crosses , Am Am7/G on the right side of the highway F C G why there’s not four of them , heaven only knows C Em7 i guess it’s , not what you take Am Am7/G when you leave this world behind you F G C it’s what you leave behind you when you go C Em7 Am Am7/G that farmer left a harvest , a home and eighty acres F the faith and love for growin’ things C G in his young sons heart C Em7 and that teacher left her wisdom Am Am7/G in the minds of lots of children F G C did her best to give’em all a better start Dm and that preacher whispered , G "can’t you see that promised land?" Dm as he laid his bloodstained bible Gsus G in that hookers hand C Em7 there are three wooden crosses Am Am7/G on the right side of the highway F C G why there’s not four of them , heaven only knows C Em7 i guess it’s , not what you take Am Am7/G when you leave this world behind you F G C it’s what you leave behind you when you go Am Am7/G F that’s the story that our preacher told last sunday , C as he held that bloodstained bible up G for all of us to see Am Am7/G he said , bless the farmer , and the teacher , F F/E and that preacher Dm Gsus G Gsus G who gave this bible to my momma , who read it to me Chorus : C Em7 there are three wooden crosses Am Am7/G on the right side of the highway F C G why there’s not four of them , now i guess we know C Em7 it’s not what you take , Am Am7/G when you leave this world behind you , F G C it’s what you leave behind you when you go C Em7 there are three wooden crosses Am Am7/G C on the right side of the highway