HIGHWAYMEN - "it is what it is" Tablature

************* 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 ....

I've been ...

I've been all kinds of ...
A
I've ....

Speakin' truly

I've been so cool i ....


Verse 2:
E
I've been ....
Without a ...r

I've been Dr. ...
A
I've been .....

I've ...

And when my ...

Hell,i'm a nice ...


Chorus:
B A E
I am what i am 'cause i ....
B A E
'Cause it is what it is but ....


Verse 3:
E
I been ...

I was a s...

You had ...

I tried to ...
A
I've been m...

I've ...

I've been so weird it ...


Verse 4:
E
I wanted...

I wanted ...

I want a ...

Kind of like the ...
A
I've been ...

I've been lost ...

And when i fall ...

I fall all over ...


Chorus.


Verse 5:
A
And you can go on forever and ...
B
Or you can stand up on your ...
A
Go on and do until you ....
B
What it is that you was that ....


Verse 6:
E
I was an ...

I was an ...

I was ...

That was ...
A
I hit the ...

Singin' ...

But it wound up sounding ...


Verse 7:
E
I got ....

Reflected ...

Is the way that i've been ....
A
I heard ...

Up in the ...

But i never ever thought ...


Chorus(x2).



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