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 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