The Old Rugged Cross chords by Brad Paisley

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


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

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


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


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


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


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


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