Ironic by Alanis Morissette

Capo 4th fret

Cadd9* - play melody of G, F#, D over C


[Intro]

         
      Hey yay 

       
yay,      yah 

         
ha ha,      ay

          
 yeah, hi


[Verse 1]

       
An old  man tu

          
rned ninety-ei

ght
          
He won the lot

         
tery and died 

         
the next day
         
It's a black f

          
ly in your Cha

     
rdonnay
          
It's a death r

             
ow pardon two 

        
minutes too la

te
             
And isn't it i

/          
ronic ... don'

        
t you think


[Chorus]

             
It's like ra-a

            
aiin on your w

       
edding day
             
It's a free ri

             
de when you've

        
 already paid
              
It's the good 

            
advice that yo

             
u just didn't 


take
             
And who would'

             
ve thought ...

       
 it figures


[Verse 2]

          
Mr. Play It Sa

         
fe  was afraid

       
 to fly
              
He packed his 

         
suit-case and 

           
kissed his kid

#       
s goodbye
              
He waited his 

         
whole damn lif

          
e to take that

 
 flight
           
And as the pla

#          
ne crashed dow

n he thought
          
"Well, isn't t

       
his nice ..."
              
And isn't it i

         
ronic ... don'

        
t you think


[Chorus]

             
It's like ra-a

            
aiin on your w

       
edding day
             
It's a free ri

             
de when you've

        
 already paid
              
It's the good 

            
advice that yo

             
u just didn't 


take
             
And who would'

             
ve thought ...

       
 it figures


[Bridge]

         
Well, life has

              
 a funny way o

              
f sneaking up 


on you when yo

u think everyt

hing's okay
         
And everything

            
's going right
         
And life has a

              
 funny way of 

             
helping you ou


t when you thi

nk everything'

s gone wrong
         
And everything

              
 blows up in y

      
our face


[Verse 3]

         
A traffic jam 

            
when you're al

        
ready late
         
A no-smoking s

            
ign on your ci

      
garette break
          
It's like ten 

             
thousand spoon

              
s when all you

       
 need is a kni

fe
          
It's meeting t

             
he man of my d

reams
            
And then meeti

            
ng his beautif

   
ul wife ... hm

m

              
And isn't it i

         
ronic ... don'

        
t you think
             
A little too i

/          
ronic ... and 

          
yeah, I really

         
 do think ...


[Chorus]

             
It's like ra-a

            
iin on your we

      
dding day
             
It's a free ri

             
de when you've

        
 already paid
              
It's the good 

            
advice that yo

             
u just didn't 


take
             
And who would'

             
ve thought ...

       
 it figures


[Outro]

    

          
And yeah, life

             
 has a funny w

              
ay of sneaking

       
 up on you
         
And life has a

              
 funny, funny 

  
way
              
Of helping you

         
 out, helping 

      
you out