Chords for "Take Up Thy Cross"
Tempo:
86.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Why, [G] one day along a country [D] road,
And [Bm] there a stranger [G] journeyed to,
Bent low beneath the burden [C#] of [G] his load,
It was a cross, a cross I knew.
[C] Take up thy cross and follow [G] me,
I hear the blessed Savior call.
How can I make a [C] lesser sacrifice
[G] When Jesus [Cm] gave his all?
I [Em] cried, Jesus, [G] and he spoke [D] my [Bm] name,
I saw his hands and fruit then torn,
I [G] stooped to kiss away the marks [D] of shame,
[D] The [G] shame for me that [B] he had [C] borne.
Take up thy cross and [G] follow me,
I hear the [Bm] blessed Savior call.
[A] How can I make a lesser [C]
sacrifice
[G] When Jesus gave his [N] all?
O let [Em] [G] me bear thy cross, dear Lord, [D] I cried,
[Bm] And lo, a cross for [G] me appeared,
The one forgotten I had cast [D] aside,
The one so long that I [B] had feared.
[C] Take up thy [G] cross and follow me,
I hear the blessed [Bm] Savior call.
How can I make a [C] lesser sacrifice
[G] When Jesus gave his all?
And [Bm] there a stranger [G] journeyed to,
Bent low beneath the burden [C#] of [G] his load,
It was a cross, a cross I knew.
[C] Take up thy cross and follow [G] me,
I hear the blessed Savior call.
How can I make a [C] lesser sacrifice
[G] When Jesus [Cm] gave his all?
I [Em] cried, Jesus, [G] and he spoke [D] my [Bm] name,
I saw his hands and fruit then torn,
I [G] stooped to kiss away the marks [D] of shame,
[D] The [G] shame for me that [B] he had [C] borne.
Take up thy cross and [G] follow me,
I hear the [Bm] blessed Savior call.
[A] How can I make a lesser [C]
sacrifice
[G] When Jesus gave his [N] all?
O let [Em] [G] me bear thy cross, dear Lord, [D] I cried,
[Bm] And lo, a cross for [G] me appeared,
The one forgotten I had cast [D] aside,
The one so long that I [B] had feared.
[C] Take up thy [G] cross and follow me,
I hear the blessed [Bm] Savior call.
How can I make a [C] lesser sacrifice
[G] When Jesus gave his all?
Key:
G
D
C
Bm
Em
G
D
C
Why, [G] _ one day along a country [D] road,
And [Bm] there a stranger [G] journeyed to,
_ Bent low beneath the burden [C#] of [G] his load,
It was a cross, a cross I knew.
_ _ [C] Take up thy cross and follow [G] _ me,
I hear the blessed Savior call.
How can I make a [C] lesser _ sacrifice
[G] When Jesus [Cm] gave his all?
_ I [Em] cried, Jesus, [G] and he spoke [D] my [Bm] name,
I saw his hands and fruit then torn,
I [G] stooped to kiss away the marks [D] of shame,
[D] The [G] shame for me that [B] he had [C] borne. _
Take up thy cross and [G] follow me, _
I hear the [Bm] blessed Savior call.
[A] How can I make a lesser [C] _ _
sacrifice
[G] When Jesus gave his [N] all?
_ _ O let [Em] [G] me bear thy cross, dear Lord, [D] I cried,
[Bm] And lo, a cross for [G] me _ appeared,
The one forgotten I had cast [D] aside,
The one so long that I [B] had feared.
[C] Take up thy [G] cross and follow me,
I hear the blessed [Bm] Savior _ call.
How can I make a [C] lesser sacrifice _
[G] When Jesus _ gave his all?
And [Bm] there a stranger [G] journeyed to,
_ Bent low beneath the burden [C#] of [G] his load,
It was a cross, a cross I knew.
_ _ [C] Take up thy cross and follow [G] _ me,
I hear the blessed Savior call.
How can I make a [C] lesser _ sacrifice
[G] When Jesus [Cm] gave his all?
_ I [Em] cried, Jesus, [G] and he spoke [D] my [Bm] name,
I saw his hands and fruit then torn,
I [G] stooped to kiss away the marks [D] of shame,
[D] The [G] shame for me that [B] he had [C] borne. _
Take up thy cross and [G] follow me, _
I hear the [Bm] blessed Savior call.
[A] How can I make a lesser [C] _ _
sacrifice
[G] When Jesus gave his [N] all?
_ _ O let [Em] [G] me bear thy cross, dear Lord, [D] I cried,
[Bm] And lo, a cross for [G] me _ appeared,
The one forgotten I had cast [D] aside,
The one so long that I [B] had feared.
[C] Take up thy [G] cross and follow me,
I hear the blessed [Bm] Savior _ call.
How can I make a [C] lesser sacrifice _
[G] When Jesus _ gave his all?