Intro/Interludes:
 A     D     A     E/G#
                   


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


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


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


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