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