Highwaymen - It Is What It Is guitar chord

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************* IT IS WHAT IT IS *************

written by Stephen Burton and John Fleming

performed by Waylon Jennings

             Kris Kristofferson

     Willie Nelson

     Johnny Cash

Verse 1:

  E

I've been obnoxious

I've been unconscious

I've been all kinds of things that are hard to spell

                    A  

I've been unruly

Speakin' truly

I've been so cool i couldn't hardly even stand myself

Verse 2:

                       E

I've been a monster

Without a sponsor

I've been Dr. Jekill and Mr. Hyde

                     A

I've been a goner

                      

I've been a loner

And when my mixture was right

                                  

Hell,i'm a nice bunch of guys

Chorus:

          B                                    A     E

I am what i am 'cause i ain't what i used to be

          B                                           A      E

'Cause it is what it is but it ain't what it used to be

Verse 3:

                   E

I been a mover

I was a shaker

You had a girlfriend

I tried to snake her

                       A

I've been mysterious

I've been delirious

I've been so weird it would have killed a normal man

Verse 4:

                   E

I wanted money

I wanted power

I want a monument

Kind of like the Eiffel Tower

                    A                    

I've been lost at sea

                    

I've been lost in space

And when i fall in love

                              

I fall all over the place

Chorus.

Verse 5:

          A

And you can go on forever and make the same mystakes

            B

Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate

           A

Go on and do until you finally see

           B  

What it is that you was that you don't want to be

Verse 6:

                    E

I was an outlaw

I was an in-law

I was a scapegoat

That was the last straw

                     A

I hit the highway

Singin' my way

                                

But it wound up sounding like you'll never walk alone

Verse 7:

                  E

I got a story

Reflected glory

Is the way that i've been seein' for most of my life

                         A

I heard the laughter

                    

Up in the rafter

                                      

But i never ever thought that the joke was on me

Chorus(x2).

Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr