It Is What It Is

Riff 
B  A  G  E 


[Verso 1]
 
E 
I′ve been obnoxious, I've been unconscious 
E 
I′ve been all kinds of things that are hard to spell 
           G               A 
I've been unruly, speaking truly 
     E 
I've been so cool I can hardly even stand myself 
E 
I′ve been a monster without a sponsor 
E 
I′ve been -  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 
            G                  A 
I've been a goner, I′ve been a loner 
    E 
And when my mixture was right, I was a nice bunch of guys 


[Refrão]
 
  B                                  A    G  E 
I am what I am 'cause I ain′t what I used to be--------- 
    B                                     A   G   E 
It is what it is 'cause it ain′t what it used to be 

verse 2 
E 
I was a mover, I was a shaker 
E 
You had a girlfriend, I'd try to snake her 
          G                     A 
I've been mysterious, I′ve been delirious 
             E 
I′ve been so weird, -  it would have killed a normal man 
E 
I wanted money, I wanted power 
E 
I want a monument, kind of like the Eifel Tower 
          G                              A 
I've been lost at sea, I′ve been lost in space 
         E 
And when I fall in love, I fall all over the place 


[Refrão]

  B                                  A    G  E 
I am what I am 'cause I ain′t what I used to be -- 
          B                                  A    G  E    F# G  G# 
'Cause it is what it is but it ain′t what it used to be - 

Reprise:
 
A 
Now you can go on forever making the same mistakes 
E                                               F# G G# 
Stand up on your hind legs and change your fate  
A 
Go on and do it 'til you finally see 
        B 
What it is that it was that you don't want to be 
A 
Yeah! 

Solo: 
G     A     G    A    G    B 


[Verso 3]

E 
I was a outlaw, I was an in-law 
E 
I was a scapegoat; that was the last straw 
          G                 A 
I hit the highway, singing "My Way" 
E 
But it wound up sounding like "You′ll Never Walk Alone" 
E 
I had a story, reflected glory 
E 
That′s the way I've been seen for most of my life 
             G                 A 
I heart the laughter up in the rafters 
E 
But I never, ever thought the joke was on me 


[Refrão]
 
  B                                  A    G  E 
I am what I am ′cause I ain't what I used to be 
   B                                     A    G  E 
It is what it is ′cause it ain't what it used to be 
E 
Oh, yeah. No more, no more 
E                                                               A  B 
It is what it is, baby. It ain′t what it used to be. No, no, no 
E 
Yeah, yeah