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

  
   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

 
                           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          D7   G
To bear it on dark Calvary

 
   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