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W H AT (x02220@1)  T H ER (022100@1)E (022100@1) I S
Words by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Music by magne f and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

intro   Am (x02210@1)    D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)    D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)     Dverse (xx0232@1)  Empty glass
       G (320003@1)       Gets another round
       Am (x02210@1)       D (xx0232@1)       Squeaky chair
       Em (022000@1)       Makes another sound
        
          Am (x02210@1)              Bbridge (x2444x@1) There is a gentle breeze
          Em (022000@1)       Playing in your hair
         Am (x02210@1)        B (x2444x@1)       Come take abow (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)       While you're still 
              D (xx0232@1)       All there
        
                     Am (x02210@1)    Dchorus (xx0232@1) It's what it is
                      G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)       It's what it was
                           Am (x02210@1)  D (xx0232@1)       It's what it will be here
              Em (022000@1)       After us
      
       Am (x02210@1)          Dverse (xx0232@1)  There is no memory
       G (320003@1)       There's no recall
       Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)       No recollections
           Em (022000@1)       At all
           
       Am (x02210@1)         Bbridge (x2444x@1) Your dark glasses
          Em (022000@1)       Sliding down your nose
              Am (x02210@1)          B (x2444x@1)       Now bring these proceedings
       C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)       To aclose (x02210@1)      
      
chorus  It's what there...
      
      
bridge  Your dark glasses...
      
      
instr   Am (x02210@1)    D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)    D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)     
                     Am (x02210@1)                Dchorus (xx0232@1) It's what it is (You can make it all worthwhile)
                      G (320003@1)                   Em (022000@1)       It's what it was (You can lend yourself some style)
                           Am (x02210@1)                      D (xx0232@1)       It's what it will be here (You can give them all the reasons)
              Em (022000@1)                    D (xx0232@1)       After us (All the facts that you have seasoned)
      
                     Am (x02210@1)                   Dchorus (xx0232@1) It's what it is (You can hear them hoot and holler)
                      G (320003@1)                Em (022000@1)       It's what it was (As you come across a scholar)
                           Am (x02210@1)                      D (xx0232@1)       It's what it will be here (You can set your name in lights)
              Em (022000@1)                   D (xx0232@1)       After us (You can make two wrongs a right)