I Will Trade The Old Cross For A Crown

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[Verse 1]
        G            D            
I shall not bear the cross through
     G          G7
 yon   city
         C          C          G 
when the burdens of life I lay   
          G
down.
       G            D       
When I knock on the portals of 
G           G
heaven
       C             D           
I will trade the old cross for a 
G       G
  crown.

[Chorus]
           G             D        
And I will trade the old cross for
   G          G
 a   crown
         D          A          D 
when the burdens of life I lay   
         D7
down.
           G                B7    
When those pearly gates for me 
         Em         G7
shall swing open,
       C             D           * 
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I will trade the old cross for a    
 crown.

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[Verse 2]
           G           D       
Though the cross often times has 
       G          G7
been heavy
        C          C          
and all fortune on me starts to 
  G           G
frown.
        G          D       G     
But how happy I'll be over yonder
      G7

       C             D           
when I trade the old cross for a 
G       G
crown.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3] (Key Change to A)
      A            E         
Every cross that I bear for my 
  A           A7
Savior
     D            D        A     
will last when He calls me lay 
        A
down.
       A      E          A       
And my sorrow will be forgotten
     A7

              D             E     
and when I'll trade the old cross 
      A          A
for a   crown.

[End-Chorus]
           A             E        
And I will trade the old cross for
   A          A
 a   crown
         E          B7         E 
when the burdens of life I lay 
         E7
down.
           A                C#7   
When those pearly gates for me 
         F#m         A7
shall swing open,
       D             E           
I will trade the old cross for a 
A       A
  crown.
           A                C#7   
When those pearly gates for me 
   F#m         A7
shall swing open,
       D             A/C#          
I will trade the old cross, I will 
D             A
trade the old cross
       D             E           (*
I will trade the old cross for a   
 C)
   crown.

[Other]
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