{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2656650,"song":"It Is What It Is","artist":"Vic Chesnutt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11520224-it-is-what-it-is-chords-by-vic-chesnutt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2656650?type=chord","rating":4.19974,"votes":3,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI am a monster[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike Quasimodo[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr Caliban the natural man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGiving wild ripostes to my reflection[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne ugly morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a rage[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFather threw an apple[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInto my carapace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd like the invisible man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDirecting traffic[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd be ineffective[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo matter how enthusiastic[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAmid the masses' frenzy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nParticipation[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn this massive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSeparation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAppearance is everything[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNothing is how it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd civilized society[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs calm civility[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm the phantom of the opera[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSinging beauty and at ease[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOr Henry Darger's[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAutobiography[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that is curt clues to my essence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlanned obsolescence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAppearance is everything[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNothing is how it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn a market economy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's called marketing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd not exactly clawing my way to glory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNor whimpering in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut once positively[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm teetering on the brink[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf an all out breakthrough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut sometimes clear headed[/tab]\r\nSometimes a doofus\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes very cordial[/tab]\r\nAnd sometimes aloof\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am syrupy optimistic one moment[/tab]\r\nThen gravely pessimistic the next\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIrritable as a hornet sometimes[/tab]\r\nThen agreeable as it gets\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm not a pagan[/tab]\r\nI don't worship anything\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot gods that don't exist[/tab]\r\nNor the sun which is oblivious\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love my ancestors but not ritually[/tab]\r\nI don't blame them or praise them\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor anything that they passed along to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't need stone altars to help me hedge my bet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAgainst the looming blackness[/tab]\r\nIt is what it is\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt is   what it is[/tab]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nSometimes a doofus\n\nAnd sometimes aloof\n\nThen gravely pessimistic the next\n\nThen agreeable as it gets\n\nI don't worship anything\n\nNor the sun which is oblivious\n\nI don't blame them or praise them\n\n\n\nIt is what it is\n\nF#m     Em     D","chords":["D","A","G","Bb","F#m","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}