The Solid Rock
By: Edward Mote, William Batchelder Bradbury
Key: E
Verse 1:
E B
My hope is built on nothing less
E A B E
Than Jesus' blood and righteous-ness
E B
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
E A B E
But wholly lean on Jesus' name
Chorus:
E A
On Christ the solid Rock I stand
E B
All other ground is sinking sand
B/A E/G# A E B7 E
All other ground is sinking sand
Verse 2:
E B
When darkness veils His lovely face
E A B E
I rest on his un-changing grace
E B
In ev'ry high and stormy gale
E A B E
My anchor holds with-in the veil
Verse 3:
E B
His oath, His cove-nant, His blood
E A B E
Su-pport me in the whelming flood
E B
When all around my soul gives way
E A B E
He then is all my hope and stay
Verse 4:
E B
When He shall come with trumpet sound
E A B E
O may I then in Him be found
E B
Dressed in His righteous-ness alone
E A B E
Fault-less to stand be-fore the throne