Intro: x2
| Eb // Ab | Eb // Ab |
1 verse:
Eb Ab Eb Eb7
I must needs go home by the way of the cross,
Ab Eb
There's no other way but this;
Bb Hdim Cm
I shall ne'er get sight of the Gates of Light,
Bb/F F Bb
If the way of the cross I miss.
Chorus:
Eb Ab Eb
The way of the cross leads home,
Ab Eb
The way of the cross leads home;
Bb Eb Fm Eb/G
It is sweet to know, as I onward go,
Ab Eb/G Ab Bb Eb
The way of the cross leads home!
Interlude:
| Eb // Ab | Eb // Ab |
2 verse:
I must needs go on in the blood-sprinkled way,
The path that the Savior trod,
If I ever climb to the heights sublime,
Where the soul is at home with God!
Interlude: +2
| F // Bb |
3 verse:
F Bb F F7
Then I bid farewell to the way of the world,
Bb F
To walk in it nevermore;
C Dbdim Dm
For my Lord says, "Come", and I seek my home,
C/G G C
Where He waits at the open door!
Chorus:
F Bb F
The way of the cross leads home,
Bb F
The way of the cross leads home;
C F Gm F/A
It is sweet to know, as I onward go,
Bb F/A Bb C F
The way of the cross leads home!
