The Old Rugged Cross

Anne Murray

Written by George Bennard

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                                      C
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross
    D7                      G
The emblem of suffering and shame
                                                C
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
      D7                        G
For a world of lost sinners was slain

Verse 2

   D7                          G
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross
        C                      G
Till my trophies at last I lay down
                               C
I will cling to the old rugged cross
    G                   D7    G
And exchange it someday for a crown

Verse 3

                                           C
O that old rugged cross so despised by the world
      D7                      G
Has a wondrous attraction for me
                                        C
For the dear lamb of God left His glory above
   G               G D7
To bear it on dark Calvary

Verse 2

   D7                          G
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross
        C                      G
Till my trophies at last I lay down
                               C
I will cling to the old rugged cross
    G                   D7    G
And exchange it someday for a crown