Chords for The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference  (Live At Gaither Studios, Alexandria, IN, 2023)

_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ Twas a life filled [E] with aimless [B] _ desperation
_ [Gb] _ Without _ hope walked the shell [Db] of a man
[Em] _ _ _ [B] Then a hand with a nail print [E] stretched downward
[Dbm] _ _
[B] Just one touch, [Gb] then a new life [B] _ began
_ _ And the [Dbm] [B] old [E] rugged cross [B] made the difference
_ _ In [Gb] a life bound for [B] heartache [Db] and defeat
[Gb] _
_ [B] I will praise Him [Gb] forever [E] and _ [Em] ever
_ [B] For the cross [Gb] made the difference [B] _ for _ [E] me
_ [C] Baring [F] walls, heckled [C] harshness and anger _ _ _
Little feet ran in terror [D] to hide
_ _ _ [C] Now those walls [Cm] ring with love, [F] want and laughter
[Dm] _
_ [C] Since the giver _ [G] of life moved [C] _ inside
_ _ [Eb] There's a room [Ab] filled with sad, _ [Eb] ashen faces
_ _ [Cm] Without hope, [F]
death has wrapped them in [Abm] gloom
[Eb] But at the sight [Ebm] of the saint [Ab] there's _ [Fm] rejoicing
_ [Eb] For who is _
_ [Bb] laced in [Eb] _ _ a tomb
And [F] the [Ab] old rugged cross [Eb] made the _ _ _ difference
In a _ life bound for heartache [F] and defeat _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] I will praise Him forever _ [Ab] and ever
[F] _ _
For [Eb] the cross made [Bb] the difference _ [Eb]
for me
_ _ I will _ [Bbm] praise Him _ _ forever [Db] and [Ab] ever
[F] _ _ [Eb] For the cross _ _ made [Fm] the difference [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [B] for me _
For _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] me _ _ _ _ _