Highwaymen - It Is What It Is guitar tab

************* 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