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


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


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


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