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