Intro
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Verse 1
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A farmer and a teacher,   a hooker and a preacher 
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ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico 
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One was headed for vacation, one for higher education 
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and two of them were searchin' for lost souls 
 
Pre-chorus 1
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That driver never ever saw the stop sign 
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and eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime. 
 
Chorus
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There are three wooden crosses, 
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on the right side of the highway 
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Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows 
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I guess it's, not what you take 
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when you leave this world behind you 
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It's what you leave behind you when you go 
 
Verse 2
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That farmer left a harvest,   a home and eighty acres 
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the faith and love for growin' things 
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in his young sons heart 
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And that teacher left her wisdom 
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in the minds of lots of children 
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Did her best to give'em all a better start 
 
Pre-chorus
         Dm 
And that preacher whispered, 
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"Can't you see that promised land?" 
               Dm 
as he laid his blood-stained bible 
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in that hookers hand 
 
Chorus
          C            C/B 
There are three wooden crosses 
       Am                Am7/G 
on the right side of the highway 
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Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows 
             C             C/B 
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 
 
Bridge
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That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday, 
      C 
as he held that blood-stained bible up 
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for all of us to see 
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He said, bless the farmer, and the teacher, 
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and that preacher 
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Who gave this Bible to my Momma, Who read it to me 
 
Chorus
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There are three wooden crosses 
       Am                Am7/G 
on the right side of the highway 
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why there's not four of them, now I guess we know 
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It's not what you take, 
         Am                Am7/G 
when you leave this world behind you, 
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It's what you leave behind you when you go 
 
Outro
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There are three wooden crosses 
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on the right side of the highway