Jesus Firm Foundation Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays345

Jesus Firm Foundation by Mike Donehey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Verse 1:
 
    C                       F            C 
How firm a foundation, you saints of the lord 
     F            C           Am        G 
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word 
     C                       F           C 
What more can he say than to you he has said 
    F           C         Am        C 
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled 


     C                      F          C 
Fear not, he is with us, oh be not dis-mayed 
     F        C         Am            G 
For he is our god, our sustainer and strength 
       C                  F           C 
He'll be our defender and cause us to stand 
  F           C          Am       C 
Upheld by his merciful, almighty hand 



      F    C         G    Am 
How firm, our foun - da - tion 
    F     C         G    C 
How sure, our sal - va - tion 
    Am      F   C  G      Am 
And we will not be shak - en 
F      C           G     C 
Jesus, firm foun - da - tion 


verse 2:
 
    C                         F       C 
The soul that is trusting in jesus as lord 
     F          C           Am        G 
Will press on enduring the darkest of storm 
    C                        F           C 
And though even hell should endeavor to shake 
      F         C          G      C 
He'll never, no never, no never forsake 
      F         C          G      C 
He'll never, no never, no never forsake 



      F    C         G    Am 
How firm, our foun - da - tion 
    F     C         G    C 
How sure, our sal - va - tion 
    Am      F   C  G      Am 
And we will not be shak - en 
F      C           G     C 
Jesus, firm foun - da - tion 


Bridge 

F          G   Am 
Age to age he stands 
Am              G 
Faithful to the end 
F            G   Am 
All may fade a - way 
Am           G 
But he will remain 
Am       G 
He will remain! 



      F    C         G    Am 
How firm, our foun - da - tion 
    F     C         G    C 
How sure, our sal - va - tion 
    Am      F   C  G      Am 
And we will not be shak - en 
F      C           G     C 
Jesus, firm foun - da - tion 


refrain 

F      C           G     Am 
Jesus, firm foun - da - tion 
F      C           G     C 
Jesus, firm foun - da - tion 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante