Take Up Our Cross Chords
Take Up Our Cross by Curtis Stephan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, Em, D, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C Em D
Behold the wood that bears our name;
C Em G
behold the nails that hold our sin.
C Em D
The tree from which salvation blooms;
C Em G
the death by which we're born again.
Refrain
C G
We take up our cross and follow him;
C Em G
we lay down our lives that we might live.
C Em G
We carry the hope of Christ within;
C Em G
we take up our cross and follow him.
C Em D
We embrace the sacrifice,
C Em G
and walk the path we cannot see.
C Em D
The burdens of this world made light;
C Em D
by blood and thorn we are redeemed. (to Refrain)
Bridge
Am Em
Lift him high, lift him high;
C G
let his name be glorified.
Am Em
Lift him high, lift him high;
C G
let his name be glorified.