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