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The Old Rugged Cross

Words and Music by George Bennard - 1913

Verse:
C              Cdim	C               C7	F             Fdim	F
G7	-	C	-
-                Cdim	C               C7	F             Fdim	D7
G7	-	C	-
Chorus:
Dm7	G7	C             Cdim	C
F                F+	F6              F7	C	-
-	A7	Dm	-               Fm6
C	G7	C	-       (repeat all)

12-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Verses:

On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suff’ring and shame.
And I love that old Cross, where the dearest and best,
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me.
For the dear Lamb of God, left His glory above,
To bear it to dark Calvary.

 

Chorus:

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
'Till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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