• Song:

    Ironic

  • Artist:

    Alanis Morissette

  • Album:

    Very Best of 2003

Ironic by Alanis Morisette
Capo -- 4th fret 

    D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)            EmAn (022000@1)old man  turned ninety-eight   
            D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)          EmHe (022000@1)won the lottery and died the next day
       D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)      EmIt?s (022000@1)a black fly in your  Chardonnay
       D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)         EmIt?s (022000@1)a death row pardon two minutes too late
          D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)             EmIsn?t (022000@1)it ironic ... don?t you think 


Chorus:
         D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)     EmIt?s (022000@1)like rain on your wedding day
            D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)     EmIt?s (022000@1)a free ride when you?ve already paid
              D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)         EmIt?s (022000@1)the good advice that you just didn?t take
    F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)Who would?ve thought ... it figures 


   D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)       EmMr. (022000@1)Play It Safe was afraid to fly
   D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)            EmHe (022000@1)packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
              D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)       EmHe (022000@1)waited his whole damn life to take that flight
           D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)                   
And as the plane crashed down he thought
D (xx0232@1)                Em" (022000@1)Well isn?t this nice ... "
              D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)isn?t it ironic ... don?t you think 


Chorus:
         D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)     EmIt?s (022000@1)like rain on your wedding day
            D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)     EmIt?s (022000@1)a free ride when you?ve already paid
              D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)         EmIt?s (022000@1)the good advice that you just didn?t take
    F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)Who would?ve thought ... it figures 


      Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                D (xx0232@1)Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
                            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                     DWhen (xx0232@1)you think everything?s okay and everything?s going right 
     Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)life has a funny way of helping you out when
                                       Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                
You think everything?s gone wrong and everything blows up
         DIn (xx0232@1)your face


  D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)       EmA (022000@1)traffic jam when you?re  already late
     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)      EmA (022000@1)no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
          D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)       EmIt?s (022000@1)like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
                  D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)     
It?s meeting the man of my dreams
                     D (xx0232@1)       EmAnd (022000@1)then meeting his beautiful wife
              D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)isn?t it ironic ... don?t you think
        D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)      EmA (022000@1)little too ironic ... and yeah I really do think ...


Chorus:
         D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)     EmIt?s (022000@1)like rain on your wedding day
            D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)     EmIt?s (022000@1)a free ride when you?ve already paid
              D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)         EmIt?s (022000@1)the good advice that you just didn?t take
    F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)Who would?ve thought ... it figures 


Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 DLife (xx0232@1)has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                            D (xx0232@1)       Cmaj7Life (x32000@1)has a funny, funny way --- of helping you out
         
Helping you out

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