| Artist: | Randy Travis (English) |
| User: | Jeremiah McCaw Budnark |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
| Abusive: | |
| Comment: |
A couple of notes with our arrangement: The 'C/B' chord can also be played as an 'Em7' chord. The last 2 lines of the verses as Randy wrote are a 'Dm', not an 'F'. We've just gotten used to, and prefer an 'F' chord. Randy ends the song on a '5' chord ('G' in the key of 'C') and very effectively. We've chosen to resolve it and credit to my musical partner Eric Bower for the 'F Dm Am' ending, |
Three Wooden Crosses
Randy Travis (arr by Jericho)
intro:
C C/B Am Am/G
It's not what you take when you leave this world be-hind you:
F G C
It's what you leave be-hind you when you go.
C C/B Am Am/G
A farmer & a teacher, a hooker & a preacher,
F C G
ridin' on a midnight bus, bound for Mexi-co.
C C/B Am Am/G
One was headed for va-cation, one for higher edu-cation,
F G C
& two of them were searchin' for lost souls
F G
That driver never, ever saw the stop sign,
F G
and eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime.
chorus:
C C/B Am Am/G
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway.
F C G
Why there's not four of them Heaven only knows.
C C/B Am Am/G
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world be-hind you:
F G C
It's what you leave be-hind you when you go.
C C/B Am Am/G
That farmer left a harvest, a home & 80 acres,
F C G
a faith & love for growin' things in his young son's heart
C C/B Am Am/G
& that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children,
F G C
did her best to give 'em all a better start
F G
And the preacher whispered, "Can't you see the Promised Land?”
F G
As he laid his bloodstained Bible in that hooker's hand.
repeat chorus:
C C/B Am Am/G
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway.
F C G
Why there's not four of them Heaven only knows.
C C/B Am Am/G
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world be-hind you:
F G C
It's what you leave be-hind you when you go.
bridge:
Am C
That's a story that our preacher told last Sunday,
F C G
As he held that blood-stained Bible up for all of us to see. (pause)
C C/B Am Am/G
He said, "Bless the farmer and the teacher __________ and the preacher
F C G
Who gave this Bible to my mama, who read it to me."
final chorus:
C C/B Am Am/G
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway.
F C G
Why there's not four of them now I guess I know
C C/B Am Am/G
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world be-hind you:
F G C
It's what you leave be-hind you when you go.
tag:
C C/B Am Am/G F Dm Am
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
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