{title:The Old Rugged Cross}
{artist:Reawaken Hymns}
{key:G}

{comment:Intro/Interludes}
 [G]      [C]      [G]      [D/F#]

{comment:Verse 1}
On a [G]hill far away stood an o[C]ld rugged cross,
The [D/F#]emblem of suffering and s[G]hame;
And I l[G]ove that old cross where the d[C]earest and best,
For a [D]wo[/F#]rld of lost s[C]inners was s[G]lain.

{start_of_chorus}
So I’ll [D/F#]cherish the old rugged c[G]ross,
Till my tr[C]ophies at last I lay d[G]own;
I will c[G]ling to the old rugged c[C]ross,
And ex[G]change it some [D/F#]day for a c[G]rown.
{end_of_chorus}

{comment:Verse 2}
Oh, that o[G]ld rugged cross, so des[C]pised by the world,
Has a [D/F#]wondrous attraction for [G]me;
For the d[G]ear Lamb of God left His g[C]lory above
To [D/F#]bear it to [C]dark Cal[G]vary.

{comment:Verse 3}
In that [G]old rugged cross, stained with b[C]lood so divine,
A w[D/F#]ondrous beauty I [G]see;
For ’twas [G]on that old cross Jesus s[C]uffered and died,
To [D/F#]pardon and s[C]anctify [G]me.