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