It Is What It Is chords by Nick Santino

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

Intro: C C F C
       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

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:
             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