Ironic - Alanis Morissette
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Tuning: Half-Step Down, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
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