It Is What It Is Chords by The Highwaymen

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I've been an obnoxious, I've been [D] _ [E]
unconscious I've been [Em] all kind of things that are hard
to spell I've [G] been unruly, _ speaking [A] truly I've been so cool I couldn't [E] hardly even stand
I've been a monster without a [Dm] sponsor.
[E] I've been [Dm] Dr.
[E] Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde.
I've [G] been a goner.
_ [A] I've been a loner.
And [E] when the mixture was right, and I'm a nice little guy.
[Bm] I am what I am, cause I ain't [Em] what I used to be. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] Cause it is what it is, but it ain't [A] what [E] it used to be. _ _ _ _
I've been a mover.
I [D] was a shaker.
[E] You had a [D] girlfriend.
[Em] I tried to snake her.
_ I've been mysterious.
_ I've been [D] delirious.
[E] _ I've been [Em] so weird it would have killed a normal [E] man.
I wanted [D] money.
_ [E] I wanted power.
_ I want a monument kinda like the [Em] Eiffel Tower.
[G] I've been lost at sea.
[D] I've been lost [E] in space.
And when [D] I fall [Em] in love, I fall all [E] over the place.
[Bm] I am what I am, cause I [A] ain't what [Em] I used to be. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] Cause it is [D] what it [Bm] is, but it [Em] ain't what it used to be. _ _ _
You [A] can go on forever and make the same mistake.
[E] Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate.
[Em] _ Go on and do [A] until you finally see [B] what it is that it was that you don't wanna be.
[G] Walking home.
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[A] I was a [D] loudmouth.
[Em] I [D] was an in [Em]-law.
I was a [D] [E] scapegoat.
That [D] was the [Em] last straw.
I [G] hit the highway, [A] sang it my way.
[Em] But it wound up sounding like you'll never walk alone.
I got a story.
I got a story.
_ Reflected [E] glory.
It's the way that I've been seeing for [Bm] most of [G] my life.
I've heard the laughing.
_ I've been [A] the [Em] rapper.
But [Bm] I never, ever [Em] thought [Bm] that the joke [Em] was on.
_ [Bm] I am what I am, cause I ain't [Em] what I used to be.
Well, maybe just a little. _ _
_ [Bm] Cause it is what it is, but it [Em] ain't what it used to be. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Yeah, I am [Bm] what I am, cause I ain't what I used [Em] to be. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Cause it is [D] what it is, but it ain't what it [Bm] used to be. _ _ _ _
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