The Old Rugged Cross chords by Brad Paisley

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
   G+G           C majorC     C majorC
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
  D MajorD     D MajorD       G+G G MajorG
The emblem of suffering and shame,
    G+G       G+G         C majorC     C majorC
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
   D MajorD       D MajorD      G+G G+G
For a world of lost sinners was slain.


Chorus:
    D MajorD      D MajorD     G+G G MajorG
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
    C majorC      C majorC     G+G G+G
Till my trophies at last I lay down,
     G+G      G+G     C majorC C majorC
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
   D MajorD        D MajorD    G+G  G+G
And exchange it some day for a crown.

Verse:
     G+G     G+G      C majorC       C majorC
Oh, that old rugged Cross so despised by the world
    D MajorD    D MajorD       G+G G MajorG
Has a wondrous attraction for me
    G+G      G+G       C majorC   C majorC
For the dear Lamb of God, left his Glory above
   D MajorD     D MajorD   G+G G+G
To bear it to dark Calvary


Chorus:
    D MajorD      D MajorD     G+G G MajorG
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
    C majorC      C majorC     G+G G+G
Till my trophies at last I lay down,
     G+G      G+G     C majorC C majorC
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
   D MajorD        D MajorD    G+G  G+G
And exchange it some day for a crown.


Verse:
    G+G     G+G          C majorC     C majorC
In the old rugged Cross, stain’d with blood so divine
   D MajorD    D MajorD   G+G G+G
A augmentedA wondrous beauty I see
     G+G      G+G      C majorC      C majorC
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died
   D MajorD      D MajorD   G+G G+G
To pardon and sanctify me

Chorus:
    D MajorD      D MajorD     G+G G MajorG
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
    C majorC      C majorC     G+G G+G
Till my trophies at last I lay down,
     G+G      G+G     C majorC C majorC
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
   D MajorD        D MajorD    G+G  G+G
And exchange it some day for a crown.


Verse:
    G+G      G+G      C majorC    C majorC
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true,
   D MajorD       D MajorD      G+G G+G
It’s shame and reproach gladly bear,
      G+G      G+G     C majorC    C majorC
Then he’ll call me some day to my home far away,
     D MajorD    G+G      G+G G+G
Where his glory forever I’ll share.


Chorus:
     D MajorD      D MajorD     G+G G+G
And I’ll cherish the old rugged cross
    C majorC       C majorC     G+G G+G
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
    G+G      G+G     C majorC C majorC
I will cling to the old rugged cross
   G+G        D MajorD     G+G G+G
And exchange it some day for a crown

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