it is what it is Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Dm][Dsus4]
[Dm][Am][G][F][Dm][Dsus4][Dm]
[G]I've been ob

[Verse 1]
[Dm]noxious,
[Dsus4]I've been unconscious,
[Dm]I've been all kinds of things
that are hard to spell.
I've been un[F]ruly, speaking [G]truly,
I've been so [Dm]cool I could barely
even [Dsus4]stand mysel[D]f.
[Dm]I've been a monster,[D]
[Dsus4]without a sponsor,
I've [Dm]been Dr. Jekyll [Dsus4]and Mr. Hyde.
[Dm]I've been a gone[F]r, I've been a loner[Gsus4],
[G]And when my mix[Dm]ture was[Dsus4] right,
And [Dm]I'm a nice bunch of guys.
[G]I

[Verse 2]
[Am]am what I am cause I ain't
what I [G]used to [Dm]be.
Cause it [Am]is what it is but it ain't
what it [G]used to be.
[Dm][Dsus4][Dm]

[Verse 3]
I've been [Dsus4]a mover, I was a shaker,
[Dm]He had a girlfriend,
[Dsus4]I tried to snake [Dm]her.
I been mys[F]terious, I've been deliri[G]ous,
I been so [Dm]weird of would've
killed a normal man.
[Dsus4]I wanted mo[Am]ney,[Dm]
[Dsus4]I wanted power,[Dm]
I want monument [Dsus4]kinda
like the Eif[Dm]fel Tower.
I been [F]lost at sea, I been [Gsus4]lost in s[G]pace,
And [Dm]when I fall in love I fall all over the place.
[G]I

[Verse 4]
[Am]am what I am cause I ain't what
I [G]used [Dm]to be[Dsus4].[Dm]
Cause it [Am]is what it is but it
ain't what it [G]used to be.
[Dm]

[Verse 5]
And you can [G]go on forever and
make the same mistakes,
Or [Dm]stand up on your hind legs
[Dsus4]and change your [C]face.[Dsus4]
[G]Go on and do it till you finally see,
What it [A]is that it was [Am]that you [A]don't
want to be.

[Verse 6]
[F]Spoken: Walking [Gsus4]tall[G]
[F]

[Interlude 1]
[Gsus4][G][F][Gsus4][G]
[Am]
I [Dm]was an

[Verse 7]
out[Dsus4]law, I wa[Dm]s an in- law,
I was a scapegoat, that was the last straw.
I hit the [F]highway, singin' [G]my way,
But it [Dm]wound up sounding like
you'll never walk alone.
I got a story, reflected glory,
Is the way I been seeing for most of my life.
I heard the [F]laughter, up in the [Gsus4]rafter s,[G]
[Dm]But I never ever thought
that the joke was on me.

[Verse 8]
I [Am]am what I am cause I ain't
what I [G]used to [Dm]be.
Cause it [Am]is what it is but it
ain't [C]what it used [Dm]to be.

[Verse 9]
[Dm]
[G]I am [A]what I am cau[Am]se I ain't what
I used [Dm]to be[Dsus4].[Am]
[Dm]Cause it [Am]is what it is but it ain't what it
[C]used [G]to[Dm][Am]
[G]be.[Dm]

[Outro 1]
[Dm][Dsus4][Dm]