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