Verse
Verse 1:
Cm D#
Lay down your weapons
Gm
Lay down your violence
Cm D#
Lay down rebellion
Gm
Your heart of defiance
Chorus 1:
F Cm Gm
Love will ask of you more than truces
F Cm Gm
If you're willing to lose
F Cm Gm F
Blessing far outweighs the loss when you lay it all
Cm Gm
On the Altar of Love
Verse 2:
Cm D#
Lay down your idols
Gm
Lay down your possessions
Cm D#
Lay down your shrines and
Gm
Your worldly obsessions
Chorus 2:
F Cm Gm
Love will ask of you more than treasure
F Cm Gm
When you're willing to trust
F Cm Gm F Cm
Blessing far outweighs the loss when you lay it all
F Cm D#
You lay it all on the Altar of Love
Bridge:
D# Gm
In the holiest room
A#
Where the curtain was torn
F
By the ultimate wound
Cm
Oh, the Altar of Love
Gm
Where the glory resides
A#
Where the Father and Son
F
And the Spirit invites
F D#
Oh, the Altar of Love
Gm
To its form we are blind
A#
But you know when it's there
F
Like the sun through shut eyes
Cm
Oh, the Altar of Love
Gm
Yes, you come here to die
A#
But you know that it's good
F
'Cause you come out alive
Cm D#
You come out alive
Cm D#
Oh, oh, oh la da da
Instrumental:
Strummed and played just like the Choruses
F Cm Gm x3 then F Cm
Outro:
F Cm Gm
Love will ask of you more than you can give
F Cm Gm
When you're willing to live
F Cm Gm F Cm
Blessing far outweighs the loss when you lay it all
F Cm
You lay it all
F Cm
You lay it all
Gm
On the Altar of Love
Gm is played for the rest of the song.