ROCK OF AGES
   Words: Augustus M. Toplady, 1776
   Tune: Toplady, Thomas Hastings, 1830

(Capo 1 to play in Bb)

   A    (A6    A)        D         A
1  Rock  of    Ages,     cleft for me,
2  Not   the   labor     of   my   hands
3  No  - thing in   my   hand   I  bring:
4  While I     draw this fleeting  breath,

  (A)  (E7  A)   E    Esus  E  A
1  Let  me  hide my - self  in Thee;
2  Can  ful-fill the  law's de-mands,
3  Sim -ply to   Thy  cross I  cling;
4  When my  eye -lids close in death,

   E     Esus E                 A
1  Let   the  water  and   the  blood,
2  Could my   zeal no  languor  know,
3  Na  - ked, come to Thee for  dress;
4  When  I    rise to worlds un-known,

   E     Esus  E                  A
1  From  Thy   wounded side which flowed,
2  Could my    tears    forever   flow,
3  Help -less, look to Thee  for  grace;
4  See   Thee  on Thy  judgement  throne,

  (A)   (A6  A)        D         A
1  Be    of  sin  the  double    cure,
2  All   for sin could not     a-tone,
3  Vile, I   to the    fountain  fly:
4  Rock  of  Ages,     cleft for me,

  (A)   E7   A     E    Esus E  A
1  Save from wrath and  make me pure
2  Thou must save  and  Thou a -lone.
3  Wash me,  Sav - ior, or   I  die.
4  Let  me   hide  my - self in Thee;

Note: Lyrics vary in 2nd and 3rd verses. Check your hymn book!


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