Tune: SOLID ROCK

Words: Edward Mote, 1834

Music: William Bradbury, 1863

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VERSE 1:
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ Name.

CHORUS:
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

VERSE 2:
When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

CHORUS:
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

VERSE 3:
His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.

CHORUS:
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

VERSE 4:
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

CHORUS:
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
rhythm band, piano, strings

Key: Eb-F

chord chart

capo 1 chart

lead sheet

piano score

string score and parts

live recording with string quartet

guitar tutorial

rhythm with solo flute

uses the same chord chart, lead sheet, and piano score as the string arrangement

Key: Eb-F

solo flute part

rhythm with solo horn

uses the same chord chart, lead sheet, and piano score as the string arrangement

Key: Eb-F

solo horn

horn-lead score

brass ensemble (instrumental)

This is an instrumental arrangement of “The Solid Rock” for brass ensemble. There are two versions: an octet (2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 horns, and tuba) and a sextet (with one horn and two trombones). The live recording is the octet version, recorded February 4th, 2018.

brass octet score and parts

brass sextet score and parts

live recording