Alanis Morissette – Ironic

Performed by
 Alanis Morissette
Release Year
 1996
Suggested Capo
 Fret 4

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Alanis Morissette – Ironic
Key: B Major BPM: ♩ = 85 Time: 4/4 
|Emaj7     |F#     |Emaj7     |B/E      |

  |F#/A#   2nBadd9   |F#/A#   2nG#m7     |F#/A#    2nBadd9   |F#/A#        2nG#m7  |
An old      man      turned  98, he won the lottery and    died the next day
    |F#/A#   2nBadd9   |F#/A#      2nG#m7       |
It's a black  fly in   your Chardonnay, it’s a
|F#/A#    2nBadd9     |F#/A#      2nG#m7              |
 death row pardon two minutes too late, and isn't it

|F#/A#   2nBadd9      |F#/A#   2nG#m7            |
 ironic,    don't you think?     It's like rain

|F#   2nB        |F#     2nG#m             |F#   2nB            |F#     2nG#m                |
         on your wedding day, it’s a free ride    when you've already paid, it’s the good
 |F#   2nB         |F#         2nG#m      |A           2nE            |F#   |
advice    that you just didn't take, and who would've thought, it figures

   |F#/A#      2nB     |F#/A#      2nG#m7           |
Mr. Play It Safe  was afraid to fly, he packed his
|F#/A#    2nB                  |F#/A#      2nG#m7           |
 suit-     case and kissed his kids goodbye, he waited his
|F#/A#     2nB      |F#/A#    2nG#m7              |
 whole damn life to take that flight, and as the
|F#/A#        2nB                      |F#/A#         2nG#m7           |
 plane crashed down, he thought "Well, isn't this nice?” And isn't it

|F#/A#   2nB          |F#/A#   2nG#m7            |
ironic,     don't you think?     It's like rain

|F#   2nB        |F#     2nG#m             |F#   2nB            |F#     2nG#m                |
         on your wedding day, it’s a free ride    when you've already paid, it’s the good
 |F#   2nB         |F#         2nG#m      |A           2nE            |F#         |
advice    that you just didn't take, and who would've thought, it figures, well

|Emaj7                              |F#                                          |
 Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you, when you think everything's okay and
|Emaj7                   |F#  |
 everything's going right
   |Emaj7                              |F#                                             |
And life has a funny way of helping you out, when you think everything's gone wrong and
|Emaj7                            |B/E    |
 everything blows up, in your face

 |F#/A#   2nB              |F#/A#      2nG#m7  |F#/A#   2nB           |F#/A#    2nG#m7            |
A traffic  jam when you're already late, a no-smoking  sign on your cigarette break, it’s like
|F#/A#       2nB                  |F#/A#    2nG#m7  |
 ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
    |F#/A#                2nB               |F#/A#                2nG#m7  |24G#m7          |
It’s meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife,     and isn't it

|44F#/A#   2nB          |F#/A#   2nG#m7          |
  ironic,    don't you think?     A little too
|F#/A#   2nB             |F#/A#    2nG#m7                 |
   ironic,  and, yeah, I really do think, it’s like rain

|F#   2nB        |F#     2nG#m             |F#   2nB            |F#     2nG#m                |
         on your wedding day, it’s a free ride    when you've already paid, it’s the good
 |F#   2nB         |F#         2nG#m      |A           2nE            |F#   |
advice    that you just didn't take, and who would've thought, it figures

|Emaj7   |F#          |Emaj7                                 |F#  |
            And, yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
|Emaj7                      |F#              |Emaj7           |Emaj7  |
 Life has a funny, funny way   of helping you out, helping you out

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