It Is What It Is chords by Nick Santino

Chords with lyrics

Off the album "Big Skies"
Capo II (or which ever you prefer)

Intro: C majorC C FF C majorC
    C majorC C G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
 C majorC              FF      C majorC
I used to be an astronaut when I was just a boy
 C majorC         FF          G+G
I fell in love with floating through the stars
  C majorC                  FF      C majorC
My mother told me, "son, just aim your arrow at the moon,
  FF       G+G         C majorC
And always follow it when things get hard"

Verse 2:
 C majorC                 FF       C majorC
I used to ride the box cars when the circus came to town
    C majorC       FF       G+G
And I'd tame a couple lions just for fun
      C majorC                 FF      C majorC
And then a fella told me, "son, it's good to do what you enjoy,
      FF       G+G       C majorC
As long as you just enjoy doing what you love"

CHORUS:
       FF     C majorC      G+G    C majorC
Cause it's a long road back to that place I know
     FF        C majorC       G+G
It's the only place that I can call my home
    FF        C majorC    G+G       C majorC
So if I pick up all the pieces I leave before I go
     FF       G+G        C majorC
Then the shorter I will wander down this road

VERSE 3:
 C majorC              FF        C majorC
I used to be an outlaw robbin' banks in the Old West
    C majorC       FF        G+G
With a holster and a gun I fought the law
   C majorC             FF        C majorC
And a lady in a bar said, "money cannot love you back,
      FF         G+G         C majorC
And if you think it makes you happy, then you're wrong"

CHORUS:
       FF    C majorC      G+G    C majorC
Cause it's a long road back to that place I know
     FF        C majorC       G+G
It's the only place that I can call my home
    FF        C majorC    G+G       C majorC
So if I pick up all the pieces I leave before I go
     FF       G+G        C majorC
Then the shorter I will wander down this road

Interlude: C majorC C FF G+G
      C majorC FF G+G G MajorG
      C majorC C FF C majorC
      FF G+G C majorC 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:
       FF     C majorC      G+G    C majorC
Cause it's a long road back to that place I know
     FF        C majorC       G+G
It's the only place that I can call my home
   FF         C majorC    G+G       C majorC
So if I pick up all the pieces I leave before I go
     FF       G+G        C majorC
Then the shorter I will wander down this road
     FF        C majorC    G+G       C majorC
And if I pick up all the pieces I leave before I go
     FF       G+G        C majorC