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	THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
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  A       F#dim A  A7          D      G#dim  D
ON A HILL FAR AWAY STOOD AN OLD RUGGED CROSS
    E7                        A
THE EMBLEM OF SUFFERING AND SHAME
              F#dim   A
AND I LOVE THAT OLD CROSS 
  A7     D       G#dim  D
WHERE THE DEAREST AND BEST
     E7                 A    D   A
FOR A WORLD OF LOST SINNERS WAS SLAIN

 E                                A
SO I�LL CHERISH THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
 A7       D         F#dim        A
TILL MY TROPHIES AT LAST I LAY DOWN
 	            A7            D
I WILL CLING TO THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
   A           E7           A    D   A
AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN