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It Is What It Is

Key: E

Introduction:

                     E 
                I've been obnoxious
                I've been unconscious
                                         A 
                I've been unruly
                Speakin' truly
                                               E 
                I've been a monster
                Without a sponsor
                                           A 
                I've been a goner
                I've been a loner
                     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
                                       E 
                I been a mover
                I was a shaker
                                               A 
                I've been mysterious
                I've been delirious
                                       E 
                I wanted money
                I wanted power
                                         A 
                I've been lost at sea
                I've been lost in space
                     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

                       B 
                What it is that you was that you don't want to be
                                         E 
                I was an outlaw
                I was an in-law
                                           A 
                I hit the highway
                Singin' my way
                                     E 
                I got a story
                Reflected glory
                                                   A 
                I heard the laughter
                Up in the rafter

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