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