You Are What You Is Chords by Frank Zappa

_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ And do you know [Bb] what you are?
_ _ You are what [Fm] you is.
_ _ You is what [Eb] you am.
[Bb] _ _ _ In Colorado, [Fm] they can.
_ _ _ You ain't what [Bb] you're not.
_ _ _ So see what [Fm] you got.
_ _ _ You are what [Bb] you is.
_ _ And that's all [Fm] it is.
_ _ _ A foolish young man.
_ _ [Bb] _ From a middle [Fm] class family.
_ _ _ Started singing [Bb] the blues.
_ _ _ Cause they thought it was [Fm] man made.
_ Now they talk like [Bb] a king bitch.
Hmm, Sav-a-ay, or Mavis [Fm] in that name.
Mama, I got a, I'm gonna be good at.
He tells you [Bb] that's it man.
Jimmy, well it's just [Fm] a campaign.
_ _ _ They think that [Eb] he's got.
_ _ [Bb] _ The whole [Fm] thing now.
_ _ _ From the baby _ [Bb] aloesha.
_ _ To the royal [Fm] crown.
_ _ _ Do you know what [Bb] you are?
_ _ _ You are what [Fm] you is.
_ _ _ You is what [Bb] you am.
_ _ _ In Colorado, [Fm] they can.
_ _ _ You ain't what you're not.
[Bb] _ _ _ So see what you [Fm] got.
_ _ _ You are what [Bb] you is.
_ _ And that's all [Fm] it is.
_ _ A foolish young [Bb] man.
_ _ _ From the neighborhood [Fm] square town.
_ _ [Ab] He put in [Bb] his life.
_ _ _ To become a _ [Fm] Caucasian.
_ _ [Ab] He stopped [Cm] eating [Bb] corn.
_ _ _ He stopped [Fm] eating greens.
_ _ He traded [Eb] _ Stashiki.
[Bb] For some Jordan's [Fm] jeans. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Took like [Bb] all.
_ _ And he got a good score.
_ _ [Ab] _ Now he says [Bb] to himself.
_ _ I ain't no, no more. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I don't _ understand [Fm] you.
_ _ Could you please [Bb] speak more clearly. _ _
_ [Fm] Mercedes, _ please. _ _
Who is who?
[Bb] _ _ _
Blood [Fm] is blood.
_ And _ [Bb] why is this. _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ Appropriate. _ _ _
If you don't like.
[Bb] _ _ _
What you [Fm] has got.
Drop _ it [Bb] in the dirt.
_ And _ [Fm] let it rot. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Someone else.
[Bb] _ _ Will [F] surely come.
[Fm] _ _ _ _
And pick [Bb] it up. _ _ _ _
Cause he [Fm] wants some.
_ _ _ And when [Bb] one day.
_ _ _ You wonder [Fm] who.
_ _ _ You used to was.
[Bb] _ _ _ What [Fm] you do. _ _ _ _
[Bb] Scratch your head.
_ _ _ And look [F] around.
_ [Fm] _ _ But what [Bb] you lost.
_ _ _ Will not [F] be found.
[Fm] _ _ _ You [Bb] know what you are.
_ _ _ You are what [Fm] you is.
_ _ _ You [Bb] is what you am. _ _ _ _
Although may [Fm] have. A.
_ A. _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] I'm. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ I'm.
[Fm] I'm. _ _ I'm. _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ I'm. _ _
[Bb] _ I'm. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] I'm. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ I'm. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ I'm.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm.