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                      Ironic - Alanis Morissette 

tabbed: andreajcorr

Capo on 4th fret 

Chords: 
Intro, verses and bridge 
F#/A#:       2x023x 
B2:          3x020x 
G#m:         0x00xx 
Emaj7:       x32033 
Bmaj7F#add9: x54005 (I am not quiet sure about the name) 
Bmaj7/F#:    x54007 (I am not quiet sure about the name) 

Chorus 
D:           x00232 
G:           320033 
Em:          022000 
F:           133211 
C:           032010 

  
Intro (clean guitar): 

Emaj7 F#6add4 Emaj7 

“Hey-ey, hey, . . .” etc 

|--3-----2--------------------| 
|--------------3--------------| 
|--------------------0-----2--| 
|-----0-----0-----------------| 
|--3-----3-----3--------------| 
|-----------------------------| 

VERSE 1 (chord progression: |F#/A# B2|F#/A# G#m| etc. clean guitar) 

|--------|--------------|----------|----------| 
|-----0--|-3------------|-3--3--3--|---3------| 
|-2---2--|-2---0--------|-2--2--2--|-2-----0--| 
|-0------|-----0-----0--|----------|-0-----0--| 
|--------|--------------|----------|----------| 
|-2---3--|-2---0--------|-2-----3--|-2-----0--| 
An old man turned 98. He won the lottery and died the next day 

|--------|---------|---------|---------| 
|-3---0--|-3-------|---------|---3-----| 
|-2-2-2--|-2---0---|-2-2-2---|-2---0---| 
|--------|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0---0---| 
|--------|---------|---------|---------| 
|-2---3--|-2---0---|-2---3---|-2---0---| 
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay. It’s a death row pardon 2 minutes to 
Late. 

|-------------|---------| 
|---3----3----|---3-----| 
|-2---2--2--2-|-2----0--| 
|-0---0-------|-0----0--| 
|-------------|---------| 
|-2---3-------|-2----0--| 
Isn’t it ironic . . . don’t you think? 


Chorus (Overdriven guitar): 

          D   G           Em 
It’s like rain on your wedding day 
          D   G                Em 
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid 
           D   G                 Em 
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take 
   F        C        D 
And who would have thought . . . it figures 


Verse 2 (clean) Guitar 2 strums the chords in the usual progression.) 

|--------------|---------|---------|----------------| 
|---3-0--0-----|---0-----|---3-0---|---0----0-------| 
|-2---2--2-2-0-|-2---0---|-2---2---|-2---0--2---2-0-| 
|-0------------|-0---0---|-0-------|-0---0----------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|----------------| 
|-2---3--------|-2---0---|-2---3---|-2---0----------| 
Mr.Play It Safe was afraid to fly. He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye. He waited his 

|-----------------|---------0-------|---------|---------| 
|---3--0---0------|----0----3---3-0-|---3-0---|----0----| 
|-2----2---2--2-0-|--2---0----------|-2---2---|--2---0--| 
|-0---------------|--0---0----------|-0-------|--0---0--| 
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------| 
|-2----3----------|--2---0----------|-2---3---|--2---0--| 
whole *** life just to take that flight. And as the plane crashed down he thought “well isn’t this nice” 

 
|--------5-3h5-|---------| 
|---3-0—0h3----|---0-----| 
|-2---2--------|-2---0---| 
|-0------------|-0-------| 
|--------------|-----0---| 
|-2---3--------|-2---0---| 
And isn’t it ironic. . .don’t you think? 

Chorus (distortion) 

Bridge (clean) 

  Emaj7 
Well life has a funny way 
          Bmaj7/F#add9        Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9             
of sneaking up on you when you think everything is okay and 
Emaj7                Bmaj7/F#add9  Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9 
everything is going right 
  Emaj7 
And life has a funny way 
          Bmaj7/F#add9     Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9             
of helping you out when you think everything’s gone wrong and 
Emaj7 
everything blows up in your face 

|-3--2-------| 
|------3-----| 
|---------0--| 
|------------| 
|------------| 
|------------| 

Verse 3 

(A clean guitar strums the chords in the normal progression and throughout the verse the keyboard plays something like this: ) 

|-----------|-----------| 
|---3—0~~~~-|---0-------| 
|-2---------|-2---0~~~~-| 
|-----------|-----------| 
|-----------|-----------| 
|-----------|-----------| 

  
A traffic jam, when you’re already late 
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break 
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife 
It’s meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting this beauty wife. 

|---------|---------|-------3-2p0--|-------| 
|---3---3-|---3---3-|---3-3-3----3-|---3---| 
|-2---2---|-2---0---|-2---2--------|-2---0-| 
|-0---0---|-0---2---|-0------------|-0---0-| 
|---------|---------|--------------|-------| 
|-2---3---|-2---0---|-2---3--------|-2---0-| 
And isn’t it ironic don’t you think a little too ironic and yeah I really do think 

Chorus (distortion) 

Outro (clean) 

Emaj7 Bmaj7/F#add9  Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9 

  Emaj7                   Bmaj7/F#add9 Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9             
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you 
Emaj7             Bmaj7/F#add9  Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9              
Life has a funny, funny way     of helping you out 
Emaj7         Emaj7 
Helping you out