Intro/Interludes:
 D     G     D     A/C#
                   


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


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


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


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