Chord Shapes
C G/B Am A7Sus4/G F G Dm
e|----------------------1--x---1---|
B|-1---1---1-----1------1--3---3---|
G|-2---0---2-----0------2--0---2---|
D|-0---0---2-----2------3--0---0---|
A|-3---2---0-----x------3--2-------|
E|---------------3------1--3-------|
Intro:
C G/B Am A7sus4/G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1--|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0------|
D|------2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|--3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------3-------3--------|
Verse 1:
A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher,
C G/B Am A7sus4/G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1--|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------0------|
D|------2-------2-------2-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0-------0-------0----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------3--------|
Riding on a midnight bus, bound for Mexico.
F C G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------3--------3-|
G|----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0--------0-----|
D|------3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------0--------0---|
A|----------------------------------3-------3------------------------|
E|--1-------1-------1-------1-----------------------3--------3-------|
One was headed for vacation, one for higher education.
C G/B Am A7sus4/G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1--|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------0------|
D|------2-------2-------2-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0-------0-------0----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------3--------|
And two of them were searching for lost souls.
F G C
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------0-------0-------1-------1-------1--------1-|
G|----2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-----|
D|------3-------3-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2--------2---|
A|----------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3--------|
E|--1-------1-------3-------3----------------------------------------|
That driver never ever saw the stop sign,
Dm G
e|--------1-------1-------1-------1----------------------------------|
B|----3-------3-------3-------3------------3--------3-------3-------3|
G|------2-------2-------2-------2-----0---------0-------0-------0----|
D|--0-------0-------0-------0------------0--------0-------0-------0--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------3---------3-------3-------3------|
And eighteen wheelers can’t stop on a dime.
Dm G
e|--------1-------1-------1-------1--------------------x-------------|
B|----3-------3-------3-------3------------3--------3--3~------------|
G|------2-------2-------2-------2-----0---------0------0~------------|
D|--0-------0-------0-------0------------0--------0----0~------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------2~------------|
E|----------------------------------3---------3--------3~------------|
Chorus:
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
C G/B Am A7sus4/G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1--|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0------|
D|------2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|--3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------3-------3--------|
Why there’s not four of them heaven only knows.
F C G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------3--------3-|
G|----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0--------0-----|
D|------3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------0--------0---|
A|----------------------------------3-------3------------------------|
E|--1-------1-------1-------1-----------------------3--------3-------|
I guess it’s, not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
C G/B Am A7sus4/G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1--|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0------|
D|------2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|--3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------3-------3--------|
It’s what you leave behind you when you go.
F G C
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------0-------0-------1-------1-------1--------1-|
G|----2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-----|
D|------3-------3-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2--------2---|
A|----------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3--------|
E|--1-------1-------3-------3----------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres,
C G/B Am A7sus4/G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1--|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------0------|
D|------2-------2-------2-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0-------0-------0----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------3--------|
The faith and love for growing things in his young son’s heart.
F C G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------3--------3-|
G|----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0--------0-----|
D|------3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------0--------0---|
A|----------------------------------3-------3------------------------|
E|--1-------1-------1-------1-----------------------3--------3-------|
And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children,
C G/B Am A7sus4/G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1--|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------0------|
D|------2-------2-------2-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
A|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0-------0-------0----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------3--------|
Did her best to give them all a better start.
F G C
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------0-------0-------1-------1-------1--------1-|
G|----2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-----|
D|------3-------3-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2--------2---|
A|----------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3--------|
E|--1-------1-------3-------3----------------------------------------|
And that preacher said can’t you see the promised land?
Dm G
e|--------1-------1-------1-------1----------------------------------|
B|----3-------3-------3-------3------------3--------3-------3-------3|
G|------2-------2-------2-------2-----0---------0-------0-------0----|
D|--0-------0-------0-------0------------0--------0-------0-------0--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------3---------3-------3-------3------|
As he laid his bloodstained bible in that hooker’s hand
Dm G
e|--------1-------1-------1-------1--------------------x-------------|
B|----3-------3-------3-------3------------3--------3--3~------------|
G|------2-------2-------2-------2-----0---------0------0~------------|
D|--0-------0-------0-------0------------0--------0----0~------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------2~------------|
E|----------------------------------3---------3--------3~------------|
Chorus: Same as above
Bridge: Strum Chords Once (except last two chords, strum with song pattern.)
C G/B F C
That’s the story that our preacher told last Sunday. As he held that
G F Am
bloodstained bible up for all of us to see. He said bless the farmer, and the
G F Am G
teacher, and the preacher. Who gave this bible to my momma who read it to me.
Chorus: Same as above
Final Line: Strum Chords Once.
C G/B Am G C
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway.
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