The Old Rugged Cross Chords by Chris Rice

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [C] On a hill far away [F] stood an old rugged cross, [G] the emblem [F] of suffering [C] and shame.
_ [G] [C] And I love that old cross where the [F] dearest and best [G] for a world of lost sinners [C] was slain.
_ [Dm] So I'll cherish [G] the old rugged [F] cross _ [C] _ [F] till my trophies [G] at last I lay [C] [F] down.
[G] I [C] will cling [E] to the old [F] rugged cross _ and [C]
exchange it [G] someday for a _ [C] _ crown.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ Oh, the old rugged cross, [F] so despised by the [Dm] world, [G] has a [F] wondrous attraction [C] for me.
_ _ For the dear Lamb of God left [F] His glory above [G] to bear it to dark [C] Calvary. _
So [G] I'll cherish the old rugged [F] cross _
[C] _ [F] till my trophies [G] at last I [C] lay [F] down.
[G] I will [C] cling to [E] the old [F] rugged cross [Dm] and [C] exchange it [E] someday for [Am] a [F] crown.
And [C] exchange it [G] someday [C] for a crown.
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_ _ [C] the old rugged cross [F] I will ever be [Dm] true, _ [G] its shame and reproach gladly [C] bear.
[G] Then [C] He'll call me [Em] someday [C] to my [F] home far away, where [G] His glory [F] [G] forever [C] I'll _ share.
So [Dm] I'll cherish [G] the old rugged [F] cross _ [C] till [F] my trophies [G] at last I [C] lay [F] down.
[G] I [C] will cling [E] to the old [F] rugged _ [Dm] cross [C] and exchange it [E] someday for a [Am] crown.
[F] _ [C] And exchange [E] it someday for a [Am] crown.
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[C] And exchange [G] it someday _ _ for [C] a crown. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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