Intro/Interludes:
 E     A     E     B/D#
                   


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


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


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


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