It Is What It Is - Performed by Tommy Castro

[Riff]
B  A  G  E

[Verse 1]
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I′ve been obnoxious, I've been unconscious
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I′ve been all kinds of things that are hard to spell
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I've been unruly, speaking truly
     E
I've been so cool I can hardly even stand myself
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I′ve been a monster without a sponsor
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I′ve been -  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
            G                  A
I've been a goner, I′ve been a loner
    E
And when my mixture was right, I was a nice bunch of guys

[Chorus]
  B                                  A    G  E
I am what I am 'cause I ain′t what I used to be---------
    B                                     A   G   E
It is what it is 'cause it ain′t what it used to be

[Verse 2]
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I was a mover, I was a shaker
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You had a girlfriend, I'd try to snake her
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I've been mysterious, I′ve been delirious
             E
I′ve been so weird, -  it would have killed a normal man
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I wanted money, I wanted power
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I want a monument, kind of like the Eifel Tower
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I've been lost at sea, I′ve been lost in space
         E
And when I fall in love, I fall all over the place

[Chorus]
  B                                  A    G  E
I am what I am 'cause I ain′t what I used to be --
          B                                  A    G  E    F# G  G#
'Cause it is what it is but it ain′t what it used to be -

[Reprise}
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Now you can go on forever making the same mistakes
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Stand up on your hind legs and change your fate 
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Go on and do it 'til you finally see
        B
What it is that it was that you don't want to be
A
Yeah!

[Solo]
G     A     G    A    G    B

[Verse 3]
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I was a outlaw, I was an in-law
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I was a scapegoat; that was the last straw
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I hit the highway, singing "My Way"
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But it wound up sounding like "You′ll Never Walk Alone"
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I had a story, reflected glory
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That′s the way I've been seen for most of my life
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I heart the laughter up in the rafters
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But I never, ever thought the joke was on me

[Chorus]
  B                                  A    G  E
I am what I am ′cause I ain't what I used to be
   B                                     A    G  E
It is what it is ′cause it ain't what it used to be
E
Oh, yeah. No more, no more
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It is what it is, baby. It ain′t what it used to be. No, no, no
E
Yeah, yeah