Ironic - Alanis Morissette

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Ironic - Alanis Morissette (From `Jagged Little Pill', 1995)
Written By: Alanis Morissette (Lyrics/Music) and Glen Ballard (Music).
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.

4/4 TIME (UON) @ 84 BPM (3 Min. 47 Sec.) in 'C'.

Chords Used: (CAPO 1st Fret to match Orig. in 'Db') -
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              GUITAR             KEYBOARD
            
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FM7   -  x  x  3  2  1  0      F    A-C-E-F
G6    -  3  2  0  0  0  0      G    G-B-D-E
G/B   -  x  2  0  0  0  3      B    G-B-D    -OR-
      -  x  2  0  0  3  3
Cadd9 -  x  3  2  0  3  0      C    G-C-D-E  -OR-
      -  x  3  2  0  3  3
Am7   -  x  0  2  0  1  0      A    A-C-E-G  -OR-
      -  x  0  2  0  1  3
G     -  3  2  0  0  0  3      G    G-B-D    -OR-
      -  3  2  0  0  3  3
C     -  x  3  2  0  1  0      C    G-C-E
Bb    -  x  1 
F     -  1  3 

 3  3  3  1   
 3  2  1  1   

   Bb   Bb-D-F
   F    A-C-F

INTRO: [4 M]
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|     |  
              

    |     |
              

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       An

VERSE #1: [8 M]
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|     
 old…  man…   

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 turned… nine-

           
ty-eight…  He 

       |   
won the lot-te

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-ry,…     and

|          
 died the next

           
… day…   It's 

 |     
a… black… fly…

         |
   in your Cha

           
r-don-nay…    

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It's a

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 death row… pa

        |
r-don…  two mi

           
n-utes too… la

             
te…  Is-n't it

   |
 i-…

CHORUS #1: [10 M]
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…-ron-ic,…    

        | 
don't you thin

           
k?…   It's lik

       |    
e rain…       

        |
 on your

|         
 wed-ding… day

              
… It's a free…

     |      
 ride…       w

          |
hen you've

|         
 al-read-y pai

              
d… It's the go

          |  
od ad-vice…   

           |
    that you

|            
 just did-n't 

       | 
take…  And who

             
 would-'ve tho

              
ught…  it fig-

    |        
ures…       Mi

     |
s-ter

VERSE #2: [8 M]
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 Play…  It Saf

        | 
e…   was… a-fr

           
aid to fly…  H

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e packed his s

             
uit-…  case…  

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 and

|          
 kissed his ki

           
ds good-bye…  

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He wait-ed his

         
 whole… damn… 

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life… just to

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 take that fli

           
ght,…   and as

    |      
 the plane cra

         
shed… down he 

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thought,… Well

|         
 isn't this… n

            
ice…  Is-n't i

    |
t i-…

CHORUS #2: [10 M]
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…-ron-ic,…    

        | 
don't you thin

           
k?…   It's lik

       |    
e rain…       

        |
 on your

|         
 wed-ding… day

              
… It's a free…

     |      
 ride…       w

          |
hen you've

|         
 al-read-y pai

              
d… It's the go

          |  
od ad-vice…   

           |
    that you

|            
 just did-n't 

       | 
take…  And who

             
 would-'ve tho

              
ught…  it fig-

    |        
ures…       We

   |
ll,

BRIDGE: [8 M]
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|          
 life has a fu

              
n-ny way… of s

             |
neaking up on…

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… you when you

              
 think ev-'ry-

              
thing's o-kay,

    |
 and

|          
 ev-'ry-thing'

              
s go-in' right

    |       
…           An

 |
d

|          
 life has a fu

              
n-ny way… of h

              
elping you out

|
…

|           
… when you thi

              
nk everything'

              
s gone wrong,…

    |
 and

|          
 ev-'ry-thing 

              
blows up in yo

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ur face…      

    |
   A

VERSE #3: [8.5 M]
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 traf-…  fic j

              
am,… when you'

  |        
re al-… ready 

        |
late…  A no-sm

           
ok-ing sign…  

 |
  on

|          
 your ci-gar-e

           
tte break…  It

       |   
's like ten th

         
ou-… sand spoo

              
ns… when all y

    |
ou

|          
 need is a kni

        |
fe…    It's me

             
et-ing the man

         
 of my dreams,

            |
… and then

                                2/4               4/4
|          
 meet-ing his 

           
beau-ti-ful wi

     |     
fe…    And is-

         |
n't it i-…

CHORUS #3: [12 M]
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…-ron-ic,…    

        | 
don't you thin

           
k?…   A lit-tl

        |  
e too… i-ron-i

         
c,…     and ye

       |
ah, I

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 real-ly do th

           
ink…  It's lik

       |    
e rain…       

        |
 on your

|         
 wed-ding… day

              
… It's a free…

     |      
 ride…       w

          |
hen you've

|         
 al-read-y pai

              
d… It's the go

          |  
od ad-vice…   

           |
    that you

|            
 just did-n't 

       | 
take…  And who

             
 would-'ve tho

              
ught…  it fig-

    |       |
ures…

CODA: [11 M]
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             A

             |
nd… you… know 

           
life has a fun

              
-ny way…  of s

              |
neak-in' up on

|        |
 you…       Li

             
fe has a fun-n

              
y,… fun-ny way

 |          
…    of help-i

           |
ng you out,…

|          
…    help-ing 

    |       |     |     |…       |
you… out…

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