#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: January 28, 2003 Revised Jan 29, 2003 Album: Written by: Note: A#m is also Bbm You can capo the first fret and play these Chords ignoring the sharp symbol The C becomes a B Intro note that's held ------- ------- ------- ------- --4---- (hold) C# =446664 C#- =446564 THREE WOODEN CROSSES Randy Travis INTRO CHORDS C# C#- A#m G# C# A#m A farmer and a teacher a hooker and a preacher F# A#m G# Riding on a midnight bus bound for Mexi-co C# A#m One was headed for vacation one for higher education F# G# C# And two of them were searching for lost souls F# G# That driver never ever saw that stop sign F# G# And eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime CHORUS: C# A#m There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway F# A#m G# Why there's not four of them 1.)heaven only knows 2.) Now I guess we know C# A#m (1. I guess)It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you F# G# C# It's what you leave be-hind you when you go C# A#m That farmer left a harvest a home and eighty acres F# A#m G# The faith and love of growing things in his young son's heart C# A#m And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children F# G# C# And did her best to give them all a better start F# G# And the preacher whispered can't you see the promiseland F# G# As he laid his bloodstained bible in that hooker's hand Go to chorus C A#m F# A#m That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday as he C# A#m G# Held that bloodstained bible up for all of us to see F# G# A# He said bless the farmer and the teacher and the preacher F# G# Who gave this bible to my mama who read it to me Go to chorus, to ending ENDING C# A#m A farmer and a teacher a hooker and a preacher (Ths song ends in the minor for that haunting effect sound)