Chords for What It Is

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[E] _ _ [F#m] Drinking dens are spilling [A] out, staggering in the square.
[D] There's lads, lads that's falling [A] about and they're crackling [E] in here.
[F#m] Then around the dungeon [A] doors there's shelters and a queue.
_ [D] _ Everybody's looking for [A] somebody's [E] arms to fall into.
[F#m] That's what it is, that's what it is.
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[E] _ [F#m] There's frost on the graves in the monuments [A] but the taverns are warm in town.
[D] People curse the government [A] and [E] shovel hot food [F#m] down.
Lights are out in City Hall, [A] the castle and the queue.
[D] The moon shines down upon it [A] all, the [E] legless and the [D] sleepless.
Cold on the toll gate [A] with the wagons creeping through.
[D] Cold on the toll gate, [A] God knows what [E] I could do to you.
[F#m] That's what it is, _ _ [D] that's [E] _ [F#m] what it is.
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[E] _ [F#m] The garrison sleeps in the citadel [A] with a ghost and an ancient stone.
[D] High on the parapet [A] a Scottish [E] piper stands [F#m] alone.
High on the wind, the [A] Highland runs big and a roll.
_ [D] Something from the past just [A] comes and stares [E] into my [D] soul.
Cold on the toll gate [A] with the Caledonian moon.
[D] Cold on the toll gate, [A] God knows [E] what I could do to you.
[F#] That's what it [A] is, _ [D] that's [E] _ [F#m] what it is.
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[E] _ [F#m] There's a chink of light, there's a burning wick, [A] there's a lantern in the tower.
_ [D] Wee Willie Ricky with a [A] candlestick still writing [E] songs in the wee wee [F#m] hours.
On Charlotte Street I take a [A] walking stick from my hotel.
[D] The ghost of dirty [A] Dick is still in search of [E] fiddle now.
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[E] _ [F#m] that's what it is now.
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