Altars Over Stages chords by Josiah Queen

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Intro:

D MajorD   C# minorC#m   G minorGm   D MajorD  (x2)

Verse:
D MajorD       C# minorC#m       G minorGm
“Sir they’ve all gone off to him”
    D MajorD       D MajorD
I said to that baptizer
  C# minorC#m         G minorGm
We watched as all his friends
D MajorD         D MajorD
Leave him in the dust
    C# minorC#m  G minorGm
It’s a cold world.
    D MajorD         D MajorD
And we all just need the son
  C# minorC#m     G minorGm   D MajorD
He said with a smile

I chose

Chorus:
D MajorD       C# minorC#m
Altars over stages
   G minorGm      D MajorD
Cause heaven is my wages
D MajorD         C# minorC#m
I don’t need the spotlight
  G minorGm      D MajorD
So make me a silhouette
    D MajorD
I won’t fret
    C# minorC#m
I don’t care
    G minorGm    A augmentedA  D MajorD
you can take me anywhere
  D MajorD       C# minorC#m
For heaven is my wages
    G minorGm      D MajorD
I chose altars over stages
D MajorD   C# minorC#m   G minorGm   D MajorD


Verse:
D MajorD   C# minorC#m
Even angels in the sky
G minorGm  D MajorD         D MajorD
 Can fall down to the depths
      C# minorC#m        G minorGm
Clip their wings with their pride
  D MajorD          D MajorD
And rot what’s in their chest
     C# minorC#m     G minorGm
The funny thing about pride
      D MajorD         D MajorD
Is that you have it all your life
    C# minorC#m          G minorGm
But the moment you think you don’t
   D MajorD        D MajorD
It’s gotten in your eyes
C# minorC#m  G minorGm
woah ohh
    D MajorD       D MajorD
has it gotten in my eyes
C# minorC#m  G minorGm  D MajorD
woah ohh

Chorus:
I chose
D MajorD       C# minorC#m
Altars over stages
   G minorGm      D MajorD
Cause heaven is my wages
D MajorD         C# minorC#m
I don’t need the spotlight
  G minorGm      D MajorD
So make me a silhouette
    D MajorD
I won’t fret
    C# minorC#m
I don’t care
    G minorGm    A augmentedA  D MajorD
you can take me anywhere
  D MajorD       C# minorC#m
For heaven is my wages
    G minorGm      D MajorD
I chose altars over stages
D MajorD   C# minorC#m   G minorGm   D MajorD

D MajorD   C# minorC#m   G minorGm   D MajorD

Chorus:
I chose
D MajorD       C# minorC#m
Altars over stages
   G minorGm      D MajorD
Cause heaven is my wages
D MajorD         C# minorC#m
I don’t need the spotlight
  G minorGm      D MajorD
So make me a silhouette
    D MajorD
I won’t fret
    C# minorC#m
I don’t care
    G minorGm    A augmentedA  D MajorD
you can take me anywhere

Outro:
  D MajorD       C# minorC#m
For heaven is my wages
    G minorGm      D MajorD
I chose altars over stages