[Intro ]
Dm  Gm  Bb  Dm  Gm  Bb  C  Bb 

verse 1 
     F                  Bb               C    Bb 
It’s not just about the manger where the baby lay 
     F                 Bb         C/G 
It’s not all about the angels who sing for Him that day 
     F                 Bb               C                  Dm 
It’s not all about the shepherds or the bright and shining star 
     Bb                F            Gm                 C 
It’s not all about the wise men who travelled from a - far 

Chorus 
               F                    C 
It’s about the cross, it’s about my sin 
               Bb            F 
It’s about how Jesus came to be born once 
        Gm                   C 
So that we could be born a - gain 
               F                         Dm 
It’s about the stone that was rolled a - way 
        Bb              F                     Gm   C 
So that you and I could have real life some - day 
               Dm     Gm  Bb  C 
It’s about the cross... 

verse 2 
     F                  Bb          C                 Bb 
It’s not just about the good things in this life I’ve done 
     F                 Bb               C/G 
It’s not all about the treasures or the trophies that I’ve won 
     F             Bb            C                  Dm 
It’s not about the righteousness that I find with - in 
     Bb            F                   Gm                C 
It’s all about His precious blood that saved me from my     sin 



[Refrão]
               F                    C 
It’s about the cross, it’s about my sin 
               Bb            F 
It’s about how Jesus came to be born once 
        Gm                   C 
So that we could be born a - gain 
               F                         Dm 
It’s about the stone that was rolled a - way 
        Bb              F                     Gm   C 
So that you and I could have real life some - day 
               F 
It’s about the cross... 

Bridge 
         Eb             Bb                     F 
The be - ginning of the story is wonderful and great 
             Eb              Bb                  Gm            C   Dsus  D 
But it’s the ending that can save you and that’s why we cele - brate 

Chorus 
               G                    D 
It’s about the cross… It’s about my sin 
         G/B      C          G 
It’s a - bout how Jesus came to be born once 
        Am                   D 
So that we could be born a - gain 
                 G               D 
It’s about God’s Son nailed to a tree 
         G/B      C     tacet 
It’s a – bout how every drop of blood that flowed 
                 Am               D 
from Him when it should have been me 
               G                         Em 
It’s about the stone that was rolled a - way 
        C               G                     Am  D 
So that you and I could have real life some – d-a-y 
        C/G             G              Am     D 
So that you and I could have real life some - day 
               C                     G                     Am      D 
It’s about the cross (it’s about the cross)(it’s about the cross) 
           C        G  Am  Dsus        D        G 
It’s about   the cross…      It’s  a - bout the cross 


This is my interpretation and what I hear. Please feel free 
to experiment with chord voicings. I have included some of 
the tougher chords. Tacet means do not play.