The Old Rugged Cross

Intro:
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Verse:
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On a hill far away 
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stood an old rugged cross
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The  emblem of suffering and shame
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And  I love that old cross 
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where the Dearest and Best
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For a world of lost sinners was slain

Chorus:
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So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
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’Til  my trophies at last I lay down
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And  I will cling to the old rugged cross
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And exchange it someday for a crown

Instrumental:
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Verse 2:
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Oh,  that old rugged cross, 
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so despised by the world
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Has a wondrous attraction for me
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For the dear Lamb of God
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 left His glory above
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To bear it to dark Calvary

Chorus:
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So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
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’Til  my trophies at last I lay down
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And  I will cling to the old rugged cross
               Bbsus                                Cm
And exchange it someday for a crown

Instrumental:
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Verse 3:
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To the old rugged cross 
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will I ever be true
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Its shame and reproach gladly bear
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Then He’ll call me someday 
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to that home far away
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Where His glory forever I'll share

Chorus:
                  Bb                        Eb
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
                   Ab                          Eb/G
’Til  my trophies at last I lay down
                      Cm                              Ab
And  I will cling to the old rugged cross
               Bbsus                                Eb
And exchange it someday for a crown

Chorus:
                  Bb                        Eb
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
                   Ab                          Eb/G
’Til  my trophies at last I lay down
                      Cm                              Ab
And  I will cling to the old rugged cross
               Bbsus                               Cm  Bb
And exchange it someday for a crown

Outro:
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And exchange it someday for a crown