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