Kodaline - What It Is

what it is

really easy but great song from an unajectisably great band
standard tuning
capo 3
listen to song for strumming pattern

Am F C
so you’re standing in the parking lot of life
Am F C
and you’re try’na figure out your fate tonight
Am F C
then you hear a sound commin’ out of the car radio
Am F C
sayin’ son if you don’t learn then you will never know

Am F C
so you try to drag your feet down to the bar
Am F C
when you starting to forget just who you are
Am F C
and they told you it was written in the stars
Am F C
but you’ve never had a chance to look that far . . .

Am F C
yhea . . that’s just the way it goes;
Am F C
maybe you’ll die young before you’re old
Am F C
yhea . . that’s just the way it is;
Am F C
nobody’s gonna tell you how to live

in a world that changes every day
it’s easy to get lost along the way
in a world that’s never as it seems
where people try buy and sell their dreams
where people try buy and sell their dreams

yhea . . that’s just the way it goes; |
maybe you’ll die young before you’re old |
yhea . . that’s just the way it is; | x2
nobody’s gonna tell you how to live |
nobody’s gonna tell you how to live |

Am F C
Am F C
Am F C
G

F C G
yhea . . that’s just the way it goes;
F C G
maybe you’ll die young before you’re old
F C G
yhea . . that’s just the way it is;
F C G
nobody’s gonna tell you how to live
F C G
nobody’s gonna tell you how to live

[ strum softly ]
F C G
nobody’s gonna tell you how to live . . .
F C G
nobody’s gonna tell you how to live . . .
Am F C
’cos nobody understands just what it is . . .