It Is What It Is lyrics by The Highwaymen
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Song Title * 5922DS: It Is What It Is
Performed By * The Highwaymen
Composer(s) *
Publisher * Unauthorised copying is illegal
Programmer * Damian Smith � Bespoke Music
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* 8-bar intro
* Verse 1 I've been obnoxious.
I've been unconcious.
I've been all kinds of things that are hard to spell.
I've been unruly.
Speaking truly,
I've been so cool I couldn't hardly even stand myself.
I've been a monster
Without a sponsor.
I've been Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
I've been a goner.
I've been a loner,
And when my mixture was right, yeah, I'm a nice bunch of guys.
* Chorus I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be,
'Cause it is what it is, but it ain't what it used to be.
* Verse 2 I've been a mover.
I was a shaker.
He had a girlfriend.
I tried to snake her.
I've been mysterious.
I've been delirious.
I've been so wierd it would've killed a normal man.
I wanted money.
I wanted power.
I want a monument kinda like the Eifel Tower.
I've been lost at sea.
I've been lost in space,
And when I fall in love, I fall all over the place.
* Repeat chorus
* Bridge You can go on forever and make the same mistake
Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate.
Go on and do it 'til you finally see
What it is that it was that you don't wanna be.
* 8-bar harmonica solo
* Verse 3 I was an outlaw.
I was an inlaw.
I was a scapegoat.
That was the last straw.
I hit the highway
Singing "My Way",
But it wound up sounding like "You'll Never Walk Alone".
I've got a story.
Reflected glory
Is the way that I've been seeing for most of my life.
I heard the laughter
Up in the rafters,
But I never, eveer thought that the joke had gone in.
* Chorus 2 I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be,
'Cause it is what it is, but it ain't what it used to be.
Yeah, I am what I am 'cause I ain't what I used to be,
'Cause it is what it is, but it ain't what it used to be.
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Time * 3:38
Length * 114 bars
Tempo * 125pm
Key * E major
Ch 1 * Organ 3
Ch 2 * Fingered Bass
Ch 3 * Steel-String Guitar
Ch 4 * Clean Guitar
Ch 5 * Overdrive Guitar
Ch 6 * Harmonica
Ch 10 * Drums (Standard Kit)
