The family bible and the farmer's almanac chords by Randy Travis
Verse 1
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A farm
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er and a teacher,
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a hooker and a preacher
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Riding on a midnight bus
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bound for Mexico
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One was headed for vacation,
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one for higher education
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And two of them were search
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ing for lost souls
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That driver never ever saw the stop sign
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And 18 -wheelers can't
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stop on a bind
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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,
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heaven only knows
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I guess it's not what you take
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when you leave this world
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behind you
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It's what you leave behind
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you when you go
That farmer left to harvest
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a home and 80 acres
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The faith and love for growing things
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in his young son's 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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And did her best to give them
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all a better start
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That preacher whispered,
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can't you see the promised land
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As he lay his bloodstained Bible
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in that hooker's hand
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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,
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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
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when you go.
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That's the story that our
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preacher told last Sunday.
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As he held that blood -stained Bible
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up for all of us to see,
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He said, bless the farmer,
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and the teacher, and the preacher
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Who gave this Bible to my mama,
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who read it to me
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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,
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now I guess we know
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It's not what you take
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when you leave this
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world behind you
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It's what you leave behind
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you when you go
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There are three wooden crosses
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on the right side of the highway
The family bible and the farmer's almanac
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