The Old Rugged Cross

by Brad Parsley

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Key: G

Original Key: G

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Books: All Songs, Camp 2022, Hymns, Slow

Section 1:

On a

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hill far away, stood an

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old rugged cross

The

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emblem of

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suffering and

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shame

And I

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love that old cross where the

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dearest and best

For a

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world of lost

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sinners was

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slain

Chorus:

And I'll

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cherish the old rugged

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cross

until my

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trophies at last I lay

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down

I will

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cling to the old rugged

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cross

And ex

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change it some

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day for a

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crown

Verse 2:

In the

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old rugged cross, stained with

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blood so divine

A

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wonderous

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beauty I

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see

For t'was

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on that old cross Jesus suf

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fered and died

To

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pardon and

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sanctify

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me

Verse 3:

To the

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old rugged cross I will

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ever be true

Its

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shame and

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reproach gladly

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bear

Then He'll

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call me some day to my h

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ome far away

Where His

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glory for

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ever I'll

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