Chords for It Is What It Is - The Highwaymen

_ Our next guests _ have been called a Mount Rushmore of country talent.
This is their new CD entitled The Road Goes On Forever.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Chris Kristofferson, the Highwaymen. _
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_ [E] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [E] _
I've been [D] _ [E] obnoxious.
[D] I've been [E] unconscious.
I've been [D] all kinds [E] of [D] things that are hard [E] to spell.
I've [G] been [D] unruly.
_ [Em] [D] Speaking truly.
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I've been so [D] cool I couldn't [E] hardly even stand myself.
I've been a monster without a sponsor. _
I've been Dr.
Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde.
[G] I've been a goner.
[A] I've been alone.
[Em] And [A] when my mixture was right, hell, I'm a nice [E] bunch of guys.
[B] [Bm] I am what [E] I am cause I ain't [D] what I used to be.
[E] Cause [Em] _ _ [E] _
[Bm] it is what it [Em] is but it ain't [D] what [Em] it used to [D] be.
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I've been a [D] mover.
[E] I [Bm] was a shaker.
[E]
You had a [Em] girlfriend.
_ She tried to sleep. _
I've been mysterious.
_ I've been delirious.
So where am I to [E] go to kill [D] a normal man?
I [E] wanted [D] money.
[E] I [D] wanted power.
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I want a [D] monument [E] kinda like [Em] the Eiffel Tower.
I've been lost at sea.
I've been [Dm] lost [E] in space.
And when I fell in love, I fell over the [A] [Bm] cliff.
I am what I am cause I ain't what I [G] used to [Dm] be.
[Em] Maybe just a little bit.
[Bm] Cause it is what it is but it [A] ain't what it [Em] used to _ be. _ _ _
You [A] can go on forever and make the same mistake.
[E] Or you can stand up on your high mat and [Am] change your face.
_ [A] Go on and do until you finally see.
[D] It is what it was that you don't want to [G] be.
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[G] I _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ was an in [E]-law.
I was a scapegoat.
That was the [Em] last straw.
I hit the highway.
I [B] sang in my way.
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But a roundup sounds like you'll never [E] walk alone.
I got a story.
_ Reflected glory. _
It's the way that I've been seeing for the most of my life.
I [G] heard the laughter.
I felt [A] the rafting. _
[D] But I never ever thought that the [A] joke was on me.
[Bm] I am what I am cause I ain't [A] what I [Em] used to be.
_ _ _ [E] Cause [B] it [Bm] is what it [B] is but it ain't [A] what it [G] used to be.
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[B] I am what I [Bm] am cause I ain't [A] what I [Em] used to be. _ _ _ _
[Bm] Cause it is what it is but it ain't [A] what it [Em] used to be. _ _ _ _ _
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