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The Old Rugged Cross

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| • • Eb |Bb/F • • |F Bb/F F7 |Bbsus • • |Bb • • |

VS1

  Bb Bbdim7 Bb
On a hill far a - way
Bb/D Eb Ebdim7 Eb
Stood an old rugged cross,
  F Eb F Eb Bb Bbsus
The emblem of suf - fering and shame...  
  Bb Bbdim7
And I love that old cross
Bb/D Eb Ebdim7 Eb
Where the dear - est and best
  F Cm7 Bb/F F Bbsus Bb
For a world of lost sin - ners was slain...  

CH1

  Cm7 F Eb/F F Bbsus Bb
So I'll cherish the old rug - ged cross...  
Bb/D Eb F Eb/F Bbsus Bb
Till my trophies at last I lay down...  
  Bb Bb/D Eb
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
  Bb/F F Eb/F F Bbsus Bb
And ex - change it some - day for a crown...  

VS2

  Bb Bbdim7 Bb
O that old rugged cross
Bb/D Eb Ebdim7 Eb
So de - spised by the world,
  F Eb F Eb Bb Bbsus
Has a wondrous at - trac - tion for me...  
  Bb Bbdim7 Bb
For the dear Lamb of God
Bb/D Eb Ebdim7
Left his glory above
  F Cm7 Bb/F F Bbsus Bb
To bear it to dark Cal - va - ry...  

CH2

  Cm7 F Eb/F F Bbsus Bb
So I'll cherish the old rug - ged cross...  
Bb/D Eb F Eb/F Bbsus Bb
Till my trophies at last I lay down...  
  Bb Bb/D Eb
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
  Bb/F F Eb/F F Bbsus Bb
And ex - change it some - day for a crown...  

VS3

  Bb Bbdim7 Bb
To that old rugged cross
Bb/D Eb Ebdim7 Bb
I will ev - er be true,
  F Eb F Eb Bb Bbsus
Its shame and re - proach glad - ly bear...  
  Bb Bbdim7 Bb
Then he'll call me some day
Bb/D Eb Ebdim7
To my home far away,
  F Cm7 Bb/F F Bbsus Bb
Where his glory for - ev - er I'll share...  

CH3

  Cm7 F Eb/F F Bbsus Bb
So I'll cherish the old rug - ged cross...  
Bb/D Eb F Eb/F Bbsus Bb
Till my trophies at last I lay down...  
  Bb Bb/D Eb
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
  Bb/F F Eb/F F Bbsus Bb
And ex - change it some - day for a crown...  

Note: Transpose up for sharps and down for flats.