Alanis Morissette – Ironic (Album: Jagged Little Pill (1995))
!!! capo 4th Fret !!!
Intro / Bridge: [ Cmaj7, D6, Cmaj7, D(11) ]
Verse / Ch: [ D/F#, G, D/F#, Em7 ]
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay
It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn’t it ironic… don’t you think
[D/F#, G, D/F#, Em7]
Chorus: It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take, and
F C Dsus
Who would’ve thought… it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
“Well isn’t this nice…”
And isn’t it ironic… don’t you think
[Chorus]
[ Cmaj7, D6, Cmaj7, D(11) ]
B: Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything’s okay and everything’s going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything’s gone wrong & everything blows up In your face
A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic… don’t you think
A little too ironic… and yeah I really do think…
[Chorus]
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out…. Helping you out
