It Is What It Is

I'[E]ve been obnoxious

        I've been unconscious

        I've been all kinds of things that are hard to spell
        I've been un[A]ruly

        Speakin' truly

        I've been so cool i couldn't hardly even stand myself

        I've been a mon[E]ster

        Without a sponsor

        I've been Dr. Jekill and Mr. Hyde
        I've been a g[A]oner

        I've been a loner

        And when my mixture was right

        Hell,i'm a nice bunch of guys

        I [B]am what i am 'cause i ain't what i us[A]ed to [E]be
        'C[B]ause it is what it is but it ain't what it u[A]sed to [E]be

        I been a mo[E]ver

        I was a shaker

        You had a girlfriend

        I tried to snake her
        I've been myste[A]rious

        I've been delirious

        I've been so weird it would have killed a normal man

        I wanted mo[E]ney

        I wanted power

        I want a monument

        Kind of like the Eiffel Tower
        I've been lo[A]st at sea

        I've been lost in space

        And when i fall in love

        I fall all over the place

Chorus.

        An[A]d you can go on forever and make the same mystakes
        Or y[B]ou can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate
        Go [A]on and do until you finally see
        Wha[B]t it is that you was that you don't want to be

        I was an out[E]law

        I was an in-law

        I was a scapegoat

        That was the last straw
        I hit the hig[A]hway

        Singin' my way

        But it wound up sounding like you'll never walk alone

        I got a st[E]ory

        Reflected glory

        Is the way that i've been seein' for most of my life
        I heard the laugh[A]ter

        Up in the rafter

        But i never ever thought that the joke was on me

x2).