It Is What It Is(Cavaco chords)

	        

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  


          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  
  
  
          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 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  
  
  
          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