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It Is What It Is

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Off the album "Big Skies"
Capo II (or which ever you prefer)
Intro:  C   C   F  C  
       C C G C
Verse 1:
I Cused to be an astronaut when FI was just a Cboy
I Cfell in love with Ffloating through the Gstars
My Cmother told me, "son, just aim your Farrow at the Cmoon,
And Falways follow Git when things get Chard"
Verse 2:
I Cused to ride the box cars when the Fcircus came to Ctown
And I'd Ctame a couple Flions just for Gfun
And then a Cfella told me, "son, it's good to Fdo what you Cenjoy,
As long as Fyou just enjoy Gdoing what you Clove"
CHORUS:
Cause it's a Flong road Cback to that Gplace I Cknow
It's the Fonly place that CI can call my Ghome
So if I Fpick up all the Cpieces I Gleave before I Cgo
Then the Fshorter I will Gwander down this Croad
VERSE 3:
I Cused to be an outlaw robbin' Fbanks in the Old CWest
With a Cholster and a Fgun I fought the Glaw
And a Clady in a bar said, "money Fcannot love you Cback,
And if you Fthink it makes you Ghappy, then you're Cwrong"
CHORUS:
Cause it's a lFong road Cback to that Gplace I Cknow
It's the Fonly place that CI can call my Ghome
So if I Fpick up all the Cpieces I Gleave before I Cgo
Then the Fshorter I will Gwander down this Croad
Interlude:  C   C   F  G  
           C F G G
           C C F C
           F G C C
VERSE 4: (Acapella, but you can play the chords if you like)
The truth is I'm a boy just tryin' to become a man
And I'm not sure what I've got ahead of this
But I'm thankful for the hand this life has dealt in front of me
And what happens next, well it is what it is
CHORUS/OUTRO:
Cause it's a Flong road Cback to that Gplace I kCnow
It's the Fonly place that CI can call my Ghome
So if FI pick up all the Cpieces I Gleave before I Cgo
Then the Fshorter I will Gwander down this Croad
And if I Fpick up all the Cpieces I Gleave before I Cgo
Then the Fshorter I will Gwander down this Croad

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It Is What It Is

by Nick Santino

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Off the album "Big Skies"

Capo II (or which ever you prefer)

C C F C

Intro:

C C G C

Verse 1:

C F C

I used to be an astronaut when I was just a boy

C F G

I fell in love with floating through the stars

C F C

My mother told me, "son, just aim your arrow at the moon,

F G C

And always follow it when things get hard"

Verse 2:

C F C

I used to ride the box cars when the circus came to town

C F G

And I'd tame a couple lions just for fun

C F C

And then a fella told me, "son, it's good to do what you enjoy,

F G C

As long as you just enjoy doing what you love"

CHORUS:

F C G C

Cause it's a long road back to that place I know

F C G

It's the only place that I can call my home

F C G C

So if I pick up all the pieces I leave before I go

F G C

Then the shorter I will wander down this road

VERSE 3:

C F C

I used to be an outlaw robbin' banks in the Old West

C F G

With a holster and a gun I fought the law

C F C

And a lady in a bar said, "money cannot love you back,

F G C

And if you think it makes you happy, then you're wrong"

CHORUS:

F C G C

Cause it's a long road back to that place I know

F C G

It's the only place that I can call my home

F C G C

So if I pick up all the pieces I leave before I go

F G C

Then the shorter I will wander down this road

C C F G

Interlude:

C F G G

C C F C

F G C C

VERSE 4: (Acapella, but you can play the chords if you like)

The truth is I'm a boy just tryin' to become a man

And I'm not sure what I've got ahead of this

But I'm thankful for the hand this life has dealt in front of me

And what happens next, well it is what it is

CHORUS/OUTRO:

F C G C

Cause it's a long road back to that place I know

F C G

It's the only place that I can call my home

F C G C

So if I pick up all the pieces I leave before I go

F G C

Then the shorter I will wander down this road

F C G C

And if I pick up all the pieces I leave before I go

F G C

Then the shorter I will wander down this road

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