5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 <br>On a hill far a-way, <br> <br> 6 6 -6 -7-6-7 -6 <br>stood an old rug-ged cross. <br> <br>-6 -7 -6 6 -5 6 -5 5 <br>The emb-lem of suffer-ing and shame. <br> <br> 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 <br>And I love that old cross, <br> <br> 6 6 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6 <br>where the dear-est and best <br> <br>-6 -6 -7 -6 6 -9 8 -8 7 <br>for a world of lost sin-ners was slain. <br> <br>chorus <br> <br>-7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -7 7 <br>So I'll cher-ish the old rug-ged cross, <br> <br> 7 -7 -6 -6 -6 7 -7 -6 6 <br>Till my troph-ies at last I lay down. <br> <br>6 7 8 8 8 8 -9 8 -6 <br>I will cling to the old rug-ged cross <br> <br>-9 -9 8 -8 7 6 -7 -8 7 <br>And ex-change it some day for a crown.