All current versions of this song's chord chart are not actually Ascend the Hill's version of the song, so I
made this so that people could genuinely play Ascend the Hill's version of this song, as it is one of the
most beautiful reworked hymns I have ever heard.
Rock of Ages - Ascend the Hill
Standard Tuning - Capo on 4th fret
G (3,2,0,0,3,3)
Make sure you have your finger on the 3rd fret of the B string.
C2 (X,3,2,0,3,3)
This is the same as the G chord, but with your top two fingers moved down a string.
D/F# (2,0,0,2,3,3)
Your pinky and ring finger should be in the same place as it was in the G and C2 chord.
C (X,3,2,0,1,0) or (3,3,2,0,1,0)
Adding the 3rd fret on the low E string makes it sound slightly more minor, which is good for this song.
D4 (X,5,4,0,3,X) or (5,5,4,0,3,X)
This is the same as the C chord, but moving all your fingers up 2 frets. Try to mute the high E string.
Em (0,2,2,0,0,0) or (0,7,5,0,0,0) or (7,7,5,0,0,0)
Personally I like the sound of playing the Em chord higher in this song, but you can play it normally.
Can't tell which way they actually play that chord in the recording, but either way works.
D/F# G C2 G
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
G D4 Em
Let me hide myself in thee.
D4 C
Let the water and the blood,
D4 C
From thy wounded side which flowed,
D/F# G C2 G
Be of sin the double cure,
G D4 C
Save from wrath and make me pure.
D/F# G C2 G
Not the labors of my hands
G D4 Em
Can fulfill thy law's demands.
D4 C
Could my zeal no respite know,
D4 C
Could my tears forever flow,
D/F# G C2 G
These for sin could not atone.
G D4 C
Thou must save, and thou alone.
D/F# G C2 G
Nothing in my hand I bring,
G D4 Em
Simply to thy cross I cling.
D4 C
Naked, come to thee for dress,
D4 C
Helpless, look to thee for grace,
D/F# G C2 G
Foul, I to thy fountain fly,
G D4 Em
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
G D4 Em
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
G D4 C
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
D/F# G C2 G
While I draw this fleeting breath,
G D4 Em
When my eyes shall close in death,
D4 C
When I rise to worlds unknown,
D4 C
And behold thee on the throne,
C G C G
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
G D4 Em
Let me hide myself in thee.
G D4 Em
Let me hide myself in thee.
G D4 C
Let me hide myself in thee.
