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