By Edward Mote (1797-1874) and William Bradbury (1861-1868)
From: Guitar Picker - www.gospelmusic.org.uk
My Hope is Built

   G                 D7
My hope is built on nothing less
      Am              D7       G
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
                     D7
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
    Am	           D7     G
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.


Chorus:

   G          C     C
On Christ the solid Rock I stand;
          G         D7
All other ground is sinking sand.
     G    Em        D7      G
All other ground is sinking sand.


When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.


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.


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



Alternative arrangement

    E       C#m      F#m      B        A       F#m      A    B   E
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
    E       C#m       F#m       B         A      F#m     A  B    E
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly trust in Jesus' name.

     E               A                  E     C#m       F#m     B
On Christ the solid rock I stand,  all other ground is sinking sand;
     A      F#m       B      E
All other ground is sinking sand.

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