The Old Rugged Cross Chords
by Anne Murray
The Old Rugged Cross by Anne Murray is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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