| * Bb       | * C        | G          | G          |
| * Bb       | * C        | G *        | N.C.       |

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

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

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

[Interlude]
| * C        | * D        | A $        | N.C.       |

[Verse 3] (Key Change to A)
      A            E           A           A7
Every cross that I bear for my Savior
     D            D        A             A
will last when He calls me lay down.
       A      E          A            A7
And my sorrow will be forgotten
              D             E           A          A
and when I'll trade the old cross for a   crown.

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

[Outro]
| * C        | * D        | A          | A          |
| * C        | * D        | A          | A          |