Intro/Interludes:
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Verse 1:
     F                       A#
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
    C/E                      F
The emblem of suffering and shame;
       F                             A#
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best,
        C/E          A#           F
For a world of lost sinners was slain.


Chorus:
        C/E                     F
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
          A#                     F
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
        F                       A#
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
      F              C/E        F
And exchange it some day for a crown.


Verse 2:
          F                      A#
Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
      C/E                     F
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
         F                         A#
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
   C/E        A#       F
To bear it to dark Calvary.


Verse 3:
        F                               A#
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
   C/E              F
A wondrous beauty I see;
          F                        A#
For ‘twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
   C/E         A#       F
To pardon and sanctify me.