{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1951283,"song":"The Old Rugged Cross","artist":"Brad Paisley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11436362-the-old-rugged-cross-chords-by-brad-paisley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1951283?type=chord","rating":4.75382,"votes":31,"content":"Credit to Munson Covers \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe emblem of suffering and shame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I love that old cross where the dearest and best[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a world of lost sinners was slain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I'll cherish the old rugged cross,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill my trophies at last I lay down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI will cling to the old rugged cross,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd exchange it some day for a crown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, that old rugged Cross so despised by the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHas a wondrous attraction for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the dear Lamb of God, left his Glory above[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo bear it to dark Calvary[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I'll cherish the old rugged cross,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill my trophies at last I lay down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI will cling to the old rugged cross,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd exchange it some day for a crown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the old rugged Cross, stain'd with blood so divine[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA wondrous beauty I see[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nFor 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo pardon and sanctify me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I'll cherish the old rugged cross,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill my trophies at last I lay down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI will cling to the old rugged cross,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd exchange it some day for a crown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the old rugged cross I will ever be true,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's shame and reproach gladly bear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he'll call me some day to my home far away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere his glory forever I'll share.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll cherish the old rugged cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill my trophies at last I lay down;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI will cling to the old rugged cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd exchange it some day for a crown[/tab]","plain_text":"Credit to Munson Covers \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}