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