Biography:
Sometimes the most compelling art can come from life’s greatest struggles, which in the case of Tooth & Nail newcomers I Am Empire, only added fuel to the group’s already blazing alternative rock fire. Though the San Jose-bred fivesome had no trouble igniting the local scene since forming in 2008, including dates alongside Flyleaf, Sublime, Deftones, Silversun Pickups, Thursday, Four Year Strong and The Wedding, a pair of charting singles (“You’re A Fake” and “The Elevator”)
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[Verse]
F#m Bm
Found myself a job singing for the Lord
Tell me mirror
F#m E D
Is this the way it works? Working hard for a penny at a time
Tell me mirror
F#m A Bm
If money cannot buy anything important in this life
May God come down to
[Chorus]
D E
Wash away, wash away
F#m
Start over
E
I always seem to be the last to know
D E
Let me stay, please let me stay
F#m
Roll over
E F#m B
I know the last will be the first to go
[Verse]
F#m Bm
How can I pray and live my life this way
Tell me mirror
F#m E
Who am I to judge such a wreck
D
Just look at me
Tell me mirror
F#m D A Bm
Was I the same way before God found me today
D
Carry our your plans
[Chorus]
D E
Wash away, wash away
F#m
Start over
E
I always seem to be the last to know
D E
Let me stay, please let me stay
F#m
Roll over
E
I know the last will be the first to go
[Outro]
Bm F#m
You will not regret giving up your time
E Bm
Your pride, your hundred dollar bills
A
You will not regret following a ghost
E
When the pearly gates are open wide
[Chorus]
D E
Wash away, wash away
F#m
Start over
E
I always seem to be the last to know
D E
Let me stay, please let me stay
F#m
Roll over
E D
I know the last will be the first to go
E F#m D E
Wash away
F#m E
Wash away
F#m Bm
Found myself a job singing for the Lord
Tell me mirror
F#m E D
Is this the way it works? Working hard for a penny at a time
Tell me mirror
F#m A Bm
If money cannot buy anything important in this life
May God come down to
[Chorus]
D E
Wash away, wash away
F#m
Start over
E
I always seem to be the last to know
D E
Let me stay, please let me stay
F#m
Roll over
E F#m B
I know the last will be the first to go
[Verse]
F#m Bm
How can I pray and live my life this way
Tell me mirror
F#m E
Who am I to judge such a wreck
D
Just look at me
Tell me mirror
F#m D A Bm
Was I the same way before God found me today
D
Carry our your plans
[Chorus]
D E
Wash away, wash away
F#m
Start over
E
I always seem to be the last to know
D E
Let me stay, please let me stay
F#m
Roll over
E
I know the last will be the first to go
[Outro]
Bm F#m
You will not regret giving up your time
E Bm
Your pride, your hundred dollar bills
A
You will not regret following a ghost
E
When the pearly gates are open wide
[Chorus]
D E
Wash away, wash away
F#m
Start over
E
I always seem to be the last to know
D E
Let me stay, please let me stay
F#m
Roll over
E D
I know the last will be the first to go
E F#m D E
Wash away
F#m E
Wash away
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