Key: C 
 
Verse 1: 
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Alas! and did my Savior bleed? 
    F   C  F   C     G         
And did my Sov'reign die? 
      C                    
Would He devote that sacred head 
    Dm     G       C   
For sinners such as I? 
       C                           G                         
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, 
        G7                         C                         
And the burden of my heart rolled away, 
    F                     C          
It was there by faith I received my sight, 
    Dm       G7            C    
And now I am happy all the day! 
 
Verse 2: 
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Was it for crimes that I had done 
    F   C  F   C     G         
He groaned upon the tree? 
      C                    
Amazing pity, grace unknown, 
    Dm     G       C   
And love beyond degree! 
       C                           G                         
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, 
        G7                         C                         
And the burden of my heart rolled away, 
    F                     C          
It was there by faith I received my sight, 
    Dm       G7            C    
And now I am happy all the day! 
  
Verse 3: 
 C                          
Well might the sun in darkness hide, 
    F   C  F   C     G         
And shut His glories in 
      C                    
When Christ, the mighty Maker died 
    Dm     G       C   
For man, the creature's sin. 
       C                           G                         
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, 
        G7                         C                         
And the burden of my heart rolled away, 
    F                     C          
It was there by faith I received my sight, 
    Dm       G7            C    
And now I am happy all the day! 
  
Verse 4: 
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Thus might I hide my blushing face 
    F   C  F   C     G         
While Calv'ry's cross appears, 
      C                    
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 
    Dm     G       C   
And melt mine eyes to tears. 
       C                           G                         
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, 
        G7                         C                         
And the burden of my heart rolled away, 
    F                     C          
It was there by faith I received my sight, 
    Dm       G7            C    
And now I am happy all the day! 
  
Verse 5: 
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But drops of grief can ne'er repay 
    F   C  F   C     G         
The debt of love I owe; 
      C                    
Here, Lord, I give myself away, 
    Dm     G       C   
'Tis all that I can do. 
       C                           G                         
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, 
        G7                         C                         
And the burden of my heart rolled away, 
    F                     C          
It was there by faith I received my sight, 
    Dm       G7            C    
And now I am happy all the day!