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CAPO 1ST FRET
STANDARD TUNING
C Am F
VERSE: A FARMER AND A TEACHER, A HOOKER AND A TEACHER, RIDING ON A MIDNIGHT
G C Am
BUS, BOUND FOR MEXICO. ONE WAS HEADED FOR VACATION, ONE FOR HIGHER
F C
EDUCATION, AND TWO OF THEM WERE SEARCHING FOR LOST SOULS.
Dm G Dm
PRE-CHORUS: THAT DRIVER NEVER EVER SAW THE STOP SIGN, AND EIGHTEEN WHEELERS
G
CAN'T STOP ON A DIME.
C Am
CHORUS: THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
F G C
WHY THERE'S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
Am F
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU
C
WHEN YOU GO.
C Am F
VERSE: THAT FARMER LEFT A HARVEST, A HOME AND EIGHTY ACRES. THE FAITH AND
G C
LOVE FOR GROWING THINGS, IN HIS YOUNG SON'S HEART. AND THAT TEACHER LEFT
Am F
HER WISDOM, IN THE MINDS OF LOTS OF CHILDREN, DID HER BEST TO GIVE THEM ALL
G
BETTER START.
Dm G
PRE-CHORUS: AND THAT PREACHER WHISPERED, CAN'T YOU SEE THE PROMISE LAND? AS
Dm G
LAY HIS BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE IN THAT HOOKERS HANDS.
CHORUS
Am F C
BRIDGE: THAT'S THE STORY THAT OUR PREACHER TOLD LAST SUNDAY, AS HE HELD HIS
G Am
BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE UP, FOR ALL OF US TO SEE. HE SAID BLESS THE FARMER, AND
F C G
TEACHER, AND THAT PREAHCER. WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE TO MY MOMMA, WHO READ IT TO
ME.
CHORUS 2X
THERE'S A SMALL LYRIC CHANGE AT END ON THE CHORUS. JUST LISTEN TO THE SONG
AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE I MEAN. HAVE FUN!
