[Intro]
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[Verse]
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On a hill far away
C
stood an old rugged cross
D/F#                G
The emblem of suffering and shame
Gsus4    C
And I love that old cross
G
where the dearest and best
D /F#         C           G
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

[Chorus 1]
D/F#                           G
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross
C                      G    D
Till my trophies at last I lay down
G                       C
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
D  G             D/F#      G
And exchange it some day for a crown.

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

[Chorus 2]
G7
In that old rugged cross,
C
stained with blood so divine,
D/F#               G
A wondrous beauty I see;
G
For ’twas on that old cross
C
Jesus suffered and died,
D/F#            C         G
To pardon and sanctify me.