Intro/Interludes:
 G     C     G     D/F#
                   


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


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


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


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