Chords used:
G/B: 020033   Am7: 002013 in the chorus and 002010 in the Verses
 G : 320003  C9 : 032013  Bb: 113331  F : 133211    C : 032010

Tuning: D# G# C# F# A# D#


Intro: G/B C  G/B Am7

Note: In the intro, the 1st and the 3rd Verse you can strum every chord once or you can 
a simple picking which i prefer to do:

    G/B (143121@7)   C (x32010@1)      G/B (143121@7)   Am7D#|--3------0---------3------0------| (x02010@1)A#|--3------1---------3------1------|
F#|--0------0---------0------0------|
C#|---------------------------------|
G#|--2------3---------2------0------|
D#|---------------------------------|
   G/B (143121@7)name="chord_x32010@1">C    G/B (143121@7)       Am7An (x02010@1)old man turned ninety-eight
          G/B (143121@7) C (x32010@1)     G/B (143121@7)        Am7He (x02010@1)won the lottery  and died the next day
       G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)     G/B (143121@7)      Am7It's (x02010@1)a black fly in your chardonnay
       G/B (143121@7)      C (x32010@1)         G/B (143121@7)        Am7it's (x02010@1)a death row pardon two minutes too late
              G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)            G/B (143121@7) Am7and (x02010@1)isn't it Ironic?    Don't you think?


Chorus:
              G (320003@1) C9 (x3233x@1)         G/B (143121@7)  Am7It's (x02010@1)like rain_____   on your wedding day
                G (320003@1) C9 (x3233x@1)            G/B (143121@7)   Am7It's (x02010@1)a free ride______  when you've already paid
                    G (320003@1)C9 (x3233x@1)         G/B (143121@7)      Am7It's (x02010@1)the good advice_____  that you just didn't take
     Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)            GAnd (320003@1)who would've thought it figures


     G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)      G/B (143121@7)         Am7Mr. (x02010@1)Play-it-Safe was afraid to fly
             G/B (143121@7) C (x32010@1)                G/B (143121@7)        Am7He (x02010@1)packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
              G/B (143121@7)      C (x32010@1)     G/B (143121@7)      Am7He (x02010@1)waited his whole damn life to take that flight
           G/B (143121@7)         C (x32010@1)              G/B (143121@7)              Am7and (x02010@1)as the plane crashed down he thought "well isn't this nice"
              G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)            G/B (143121@7) Am7and (x02010@1)isn't it Ironic?    Don't you think?


Repeat Chorus

      F (133211@1)                                   GWell (320003@1)life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's
     F (133211@1)                          Gokay (320003@1)and everything's going right
    F (133211@1)                                 GAnd (320003@1)life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everythings gone
      F (133211@1)                             Cwrong (x32010@1)and everything blows up in your face

    G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)         G/B (143121@7)       Am7A (x02010@1)traffic jam when you're already late
       G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)         G/B (143121@7)       Am7a (x02010@1)no-smoking-sign on your zigarette break
           G/B (143121@7)       C (x32010@1)                 G/B (143121@7)       Am7It's (x02010@1)like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
            G/B (143121@7)          C (x32010@1)                        G/B (143121@7)       Am7It's (x02010@1)meeting the men of my dreams an then meeting his beautiful wife
              G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)            G/B (143121@7) Am7and (x02010@1)isn't it ironic?  Don't you think?
                G/B (143121@7) C (x32010@1)                G/B (143121@7) Am7a (x02010@1)little too ironic     And yeah i really do think


Repeat Chorus

             G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)            G/B (143121@7) Am7Life (x02010@1)has a funny way of sneaking up on you
             G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)               G/B (143121@7) Am7Life (x02010@1)has a funny, funny way of helping you out
         G/B (143121@7)  Chelping (x32010@1)you out