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The Old Rugged Cross

Anne Murray

RockEasy for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G○○○
C×○○
D7××○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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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 Iâ??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 Iâ??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

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Chord set

G · C · D7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.