Three Wooden Crosses

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A F RMER AND A TEACHER, A HOOKER 
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AND A PDAC HER, RIDING ON A ED NIGHT
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BUS, BOUND FOR MEXICO. ONE WAS 
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HEADED FOR VACATION, ONE FOR HIGHER
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EDUCATION, AND TWO OF THEM WED  
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SEARCHING FOR LOST SOULS.


[Pre-Chorus]
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THAT DRIVER NEVER EVER SAW THE 
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STOP BG N, AND EIGHTEEN WHEELERS
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CAN'T STOP ON A DIME.


[Chorus]
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THED  AD , THDE  WOODEN CROSSES ON
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 THE RIGHT BDE  OF THE HIGHWAY.
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WHY THED 'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, 
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HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT 
WHAT YOU
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TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD 
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BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE 
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BEHIND YOU
           C
WHEN YOU GO.


[Verse]
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     C                        Am  
THAT F RMER LEFT A HARVEST, A HOME
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 AND EIGHTY ACD S. THE F ITH AND
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LOVE FOR GROWING THINGS, IN HIS 
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YOUNG SON'S HEART. AND THAT TEACHER 
LEFT
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HER WISCM , IN THE E NDS OF LOTS OF
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 CHILDD N, AND DID HER BEST TO GIVE
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 THEM ALL
          C
BETTER START.


[Pre-Chorus]
         Dm                        
AND THAT PDAC HER WHISPEDD , CAN'T 
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YOU SEE THE PROE SED A ND? AS HE
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A Y HIS BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE IN THAT
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 HOOKER'S HANDS.


[Chorus]
          C               C/B     
THED  AD , THDE  WOODEN CROSSES ON
      Am               Am/G
 THE RIGHT BDE  OF THE HIGHWAY.
F                              C 
WHY THED 'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, 
           G                C
HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT 
WHAT YOU
C/B            Am            
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD 
      Am/G          F         
BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE 
        G
BEHIND YOU
           C
WHEN YOU GO.


[Bridge]
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THAT'S THE STORY THAT OUR PDAC HER
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 TOLD A ST SUNDAY, AS HE HELD HIS
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BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE UP, FOR ALL OF 
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US TO SEE. HE SAID BLESS THE F RMER,
 AND
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TEACHER, AND THAT PDAC HER. WHO 
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GAVE THIS BIBLE TO MY MOMMA, WHO DAD
  IT TO ME.


[Chorus]
          C               C/B     
THED  AD , THDE  WOODEN CROSSES ON
      Am               Am/G
 THE RIGHT BDE  OF THE HIGHWAY.
F                             C  
WHY THED 'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, NOW
             G    C
 I GUESS WE KNOW.  IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
C/B            Am            
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD 
      Am/G          F         
BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE 
        G
BEHIND YOU
           C
WHEN YOU GO.


[Otro]
          C               C/B     
THED  AD , THDE  WOODEN CROSSES ON
     Am         Am/G      C
 THE RIGHT BDE  OF... THE HIGHWAY.