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************* 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 : [email protected]