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