{"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":2132227,"song":"The Old Rugged Cross","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2132227-the-old-rugged-cross-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2132227?type=chord","rating":4.59656,"votes":100,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a hill far away stood an old rugged cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe emblem of suffering and shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I love that old cross where the dearest and best[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor a world of lost sinners was slain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I'll cherish the old rugged cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTill my trophies at last I lay down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI will cling to the old rugged cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd exchange it someday for a crown[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nO the old rugged cross so despised by the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHas a wondrous attraction for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the dear lamb of God left His glory above[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo bear it to dark Calvary[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I'll cherish the old rugged cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTill my trophies at last I lay down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI will cling to the old rugged cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd exchange it someday for a crown[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}