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


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


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


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