Chords for John Trudell - It Is What It Is

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_ _ It is what it [G] is.
_ [Bb]
So no [Cm] use in wishing, hoping, and [Gm] wanting.
_ And those, if only, and [Cm] those coulda, shoulda, [Gm] and wouldas
are just troubles for the [C] head.
_ And crying around about most anything
_ [Gm]
is just [C] a waste of tears.
_ _ [D] _ _ [Gm]
It is what it is.
It is what it [C] is.
_ [Gm]
Life [C] doesn't put anything in front of us
that we can't handle.
_ [Eb] _ It's all [C] in the handling.
[Cm] _
_ _ Coherent, or incoherent.
[C] _
_ Clarity, [Gm] or [C] chaos. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Another thing.
[Cm] _
[G] Everything that ever [Bb] happens
_ [C] is there [G] to make us stronger.
_ [Bb] And when [D] we understand,
[Cm]
our [C] strength gets stronger.
[Bb] _ [Cm] And when we don't [G] understand,
[C] our weaknesses [Gm] get stronger.
_ It's [Cm] an inevitability.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] [C] It is what it is.
It is what it is.
_ [G] And when falling down [C] falls down,
how down can falling down fall?
Falling down falls [Gm] down.
_ [G] How down can falling down fall?
[C] And when getting [Gm] back up gets [C] back up,
[Gm] how up can [A] getting back up [C] get back up? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the reality of [Eb] being,
_ [Dm] _ [C] reality waits for human recognition. _
To recognize [Bb] the _ [Dm] power [C] of intelligence
clearly [G] used _ [C] is a way of seeing,
_ curing, [G] healing, [C] spirit.
_ [Cm]
It's not about whether we [G] can or can't.
_ [C] _ It's about whether we will or we [Gm] won't.
It is [G] what it [C] is.
It [Gm] is what it is.
_ [C] The blamers and the blamed
The [Bb] blamers and the blamed
[G] play a dangerous [C] game.
play a [Gm] dangerous game.
Turning [Cm] responsibility into [C] another one of their casualties
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] inside of ourselves
[C] and amongst [Gm] ourselves.
[Cm] _ [C] _
Desperating while [Gm] hidden behind the light
[C] cast by [Cm] our shadows.
_ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ [C] Life holds its breath
and alive [Eb] wants us to live
[G] a gift [C] we were given.
_ [Eb] It's a decision we [C] make.
[F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] It [C] is what it is.
So no use in wishing, hoping and wanting.
_ And those [Eb] if only, and [D] those coulda, shoulda, and [C] wouldas
are [F] just troubles for the head
[F] _ [Cm] and crying around [Gm] about most anything.
[Cm] It'd [Bb] just be a waste of tears.
[G] _ _ [Cm]
It is what it _ [Bb] _ _ [C] is. _
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [N] _