The Cross Chords

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Pretty big difference as you can see. Now we're all able to complete the song with the lyrics.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author prinsmarco1 [pro] 1,365. Last edit on 6 days ago

Chords

Asus2

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[Intro]
E  Asus2
 
[Riff]
   E
e|------------|-------------|
B|------------|-------------|
G|---1-2--4-6-|-7--6--4--2--|
D|------------|-------------|
A|------------|-------------|
E|------------|-------------|
 
[Verse 1]
E          Asus2
Black day, stormy night
E        Asus2
No love, no hope in sight
E          Asus2
Don't cry, He is coming
E         Asus2          E          Asus2
Don't die without knowing the cross
 
[Riff]
 
[Verse 2]
E       Asus2
Ghettos to the left of us
E       Asus2
Flowers to the right
E           Asus2
There'll be bread for all of us
E     Asus2        E         Asus2
If we can just bear the cross
 
[Riff]
 
[Verse 3]
E          Asus2
Sweet song of salvation
E          Asus2
A pregnant mother sings
E         Asus2
She lives in starvation
E            Asus2            E       Asus2
Her children need all that she brings
 
[Riff]
 
[Verse 4]
E       Asus2
We all have our problems
E         Asus2
Some big, some are small
E        Asus2
Soon all of our problems
E        Asus2  E          Asus2
Will be taken by the cross
 
[Riff]
 
[Verse 5]
E          Asus2
Black day, stormy night
E        Asus2
No love, no hope in sight
E          Asus2
Don't cry for He is coming
E          Asus2         E           Asus2
Don't die without knowing the cross, no
 
[Riff]
 
[Verse 6]
E       Asus2
Ghettos to the left of us
E       Asus2
Flowers to the right
E           Asus2
There'll be bread for all, y'all
E     Asus2              E           Asus2
If we can just, just bear the cross, yeah
 
[Riff]
 
[Verse 7]
E      Asus2
We all have our problems
E            Asus2
Some are big, some are small
E        Asus2
Soon all of our problems, y'all
E       Asus2   E           Asus2
Will be taken by the cross, no
 
[Outro]
E         Asus2
The cross
E         Asus2
The cross
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6 comments

The A chord is an Asus2. Sounds way better.

looks simple, but if i think how prince is playing and singing this thing... unbelievable! the one and only! rip prince

I don't think the strumming pattern listed here is right. It's definitely not a consistent pattern through the whole song. It's hard to hear some places when he's singing because the vocals are so much louder than the music. Plus the decibel level of the whole song is pretty low. But I can tell from the places he's not singing and a few where he is, that the pattern changes up and doesn't stay consistent. Also, I don't think 90bps is correct either. I played the song back with a metronome set to 90 and it wasn't in time. I wish someone would tab this properly because I sure would like to figure out what he's actually doing.