Psalm 22:1-5, a biblical background for this hymn:

“My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? Why art Thou so far from helping Me, and from the words of My groaning? O My God, I cry in the daytime, but Thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent. But Thou art holy, O Thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in Thee: They trusted, and Thou didst deliver them. They cried unto Thee, and were delivered: They trusted in Thee, and were not put to shame.”

Lyrics Only (Lyrics with Chords Follow):

Praise God! for yes You Savior bled,
And were You Master crushed!
Did God devote our Sacred Head
For just such worms as us!

At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
It was there through trust we received Your life,
And now we are joyful in Your day!

It was for crimes that we had done
You groaned upon the tree!
Amazing pi-ty! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
It was there through trust we received Your life,                                                                     And now we are joyful in Your day!

Well did the sun in darkness hide,
and shut Your glories in,
When You, the mighty Maker, died
for man the creature’s sin.

At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
It was there through trust we received Your life,                                                                      And now we are joyful in Your day!

Thus might we hide our blushing face                                                                                          While Your dear cross appears;
dissolve our hearts in thankfulness,
and melt our eyes in tears.

At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
It was there through trust we received Your life,
And now we are joyful in Your day!

But drops of grief can ne’er re-pay                                                                                                The debt of love we owe;
here, Lord, we give ourselves a-way,
’tis all that we can do.

At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
It was there through trust we received Your life,
And now we are joyful in Your day!

Lyrics with Chords (the location of the chord changes might not be correct every time, but it’s pretty easy to figure out):

 

G                   C   G                   D7  G                                                                                              Praise God! for yes You Savior bled,                                                                                                  Am                     C     Em D
And were You Master crushed!
G       D Em   G     C G       D
Did God devote our Sacred Head
G     C     G       D7             G
For just such worms as us!
G                                                              D
At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
D7                                              G
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
C                                    Am          G
It was there through trust we received Your life,
Am                         D7                     G
And now we are joyful in Your day!
G          C    G                   D7         G
It was for crimes that we had done
Am                    C      Em  D
You groaned upon the tree!
G D           Em G C         G   D
Amazing pi-ty! Grace unknown!
G      C      G            D  G
And love beyond degree!
G                                                              D
At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
D7                                                           G
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
C                                    Am          G
It was there through trust we received Your life,
Am                D7                     G
And now we are joyful in Your day!
G             C     G          D7            G
Well did the sun in darkness hide,
Am                     C     Em D
and shut Your glories in,
G         D      Em G       C  G           D
When You, the mighty Maker, died
G    C       G    D7              G
for man the creature’s sin.
G                                                              D
At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
D7                                                           G
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
C                                    Am          G
It was there through trust we received Your life,

Am                D7                     G
And now we are joyful in Your day!
G                   C    G              D7            G
Thus might we hide our blushing face
Am                         C        Em D
While Your dear cross appears;
G    D      Em  G         C   G             D
dissolve our hearts in thankfulness,
G     C       G     D7         G
and melt our eyes in tears.
G                                                             D
At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
D7                                             G
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
C                        Am          G
It was there through trust we received Your life,
Am                         D7                     G
And now we are joyful in Your day!
G                 C G               D7          G
But drops of grief can ne’er re-pay
Am                C      Em D
The debt of love we owe;
G        D        Em G     C    G            D
here, Lord, we give ourselves a-way,
G    C   G     D7         G
’tis all that we can do.                                                                                                                             G                                                             D
At the cross, at the cross where we first saw Your light,
D7                                             G
And the burden of our sins rolled away,
C                        Am          G
It was there through trust we received Your life,
Am                         D7                     G
And now we are joyful in Your day!