Ironic - Alanis Morissette

Version 2 of 5
Tuning: Half-Step Down, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

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Chords used:
G/B: x20033   Am7: x02013 in the chorus and x02010 in the Verses
  : 320003    : 032013  Bb: 113331   : 133211     : 032010

Tuning:      eb


[Intro]
    

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

          
eb|--3------0-
Bb|--3------1-
Gb|--0------0-
Db|-----------
Ab|--2------3-
Eb|-----------

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

 
-0------|
-1------|
-0------|
--------|
-0------|
--------|

[Verse]
        
An old man tur

         
ned ninety-eig

ht
           
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 rain

           
_____   on you

       
r wedding day
              
It's a free ri

           
de______  when

           
 you've alread

  
y paid
              
It's the good 

           
advice_____  t

           
hat you just d

     
idn't take
            
And who would'

             
ve thought it 

      
figures

[Verse]
          
Mr. Play-it-Sa

           
fe was afraid 

       
to fly
             
He packed his 

/           
suitcase and k

           
issed his kids

         
 good-bye
              
He waited his 

          
whole damn lif

           
e to take that

  
 flight
           
and as the pla

             
ne crashed dow

              
n he thought "

           
well isn't thi

     
s nice"
              
and isn't it I

          
ronic?    Don'

           
t you think?

[Chorus]
              
It's like rain

           
_____   on you

       
r wedding day
              
It's a free ri

           
de______  when

           
 you've alread

  
y paid
              
It's the good 

           
advice_____  t

           
hat you just d

     
idn't take
            
And who would'

             
ve thought it 

      
figures

[Interlude]
             
Well life has 

              
a funny way of

              
 sneaking up o

  
n you when you

 think everyth

ing's
             
okay and every

              
thing's going 

      
right
             
And life has a

              
 funny way of 

            
helping you ou

t when you thi

nk everythings

 gone
             
wrong and ever

              
ything blows u

          
p in your face

[Verse]
          
A traffic jam 

           
when you're al

       
ready late
           
a no-smoking-s

           
ign on your zi

         
garette break
           
It's like ten 

             
thousand spoon

              
s when all you

          
 need is a kni


fe
            
It's meeting t

            
he men of my d

              
reams an then 

            
meeting his be

         
autiful wife
              
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 rain

           
_____   on you

       
r wedding day
              
It's a free ri

           
de______  when

           
 you've alread

  
y paid
              
It's the good 

           
advice_____  t

           
hat you just d

     
idn't take
            
And who would'

             
ve thought it 

      
figures

[Ending]
             
Life has a fun

/           
ny way of snea

          
king up on you
             
Life has a fun

/           
ny, funny way 

           
of helping you

  
 out
           
helping you ou

  
t