I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages

Larry Sparks Brothers

Written by John Brenton Preston

Key of C · Chords: I V VI

Verse 1

C                     A  C
I was standing by the bedside
         G7            C
Where my feeble mother lay
                           A    C
When she called me close beside her
           G7                C
Here's the words I heard her say

Verse 2

                           A  C
I've just seen the rock of ages
        G7             C
Jacob's ladder hanging down
                               A  C
I've just crossed the river of Jordan
       G7               C
Now my son I'm homeward bound

Verse 3

                    A     C
As we gathered all around her
            G7              C
The tears began to fill our eyes
                           A    C
Then she called me close beside her
          G7             C
Whispered softly her goodbyes

Verse 4

                          A   C
Pine trees blowing on the mountain
         G7            C
Where forever she will lay
                             A   C
There she'll rest beside the fountain
             G7                C
There she'll sleep beneath the clay

Verse 2

                           A  C
I've just seen the rock of ages
        G7             C
Jacob's ladder hanging down
                               A  C
I've just crossed the river of Jordan
       G7               C
Now my son I'm homeward bound