Alanis Morissette – Ironic 2,146,809 views · 81,713 saves · 36 comments Author: crystal0615 [a] 82 Difficulty: intermediate Speed: 0.2 Tuning: E A D G B E Key: E Capo: 4th fret Cadd9* note: play melody of G, F#, D over C [Intro] Cmaj7 Gmaj7/D Cmaj7 Cadd9* Hey yay yay, yah ha ha, ay yeah, hi [Verse 1] D/F# G D/F# Em An old man turned ninety-eight D/F# G D/F# Em He won the lottery and died the next day D/F# G D/F# Em It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay D/F# G D/F# Em It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late D/F# G D/F# Em And isn’t it ironic … don’t you think [Chorus] D G D Em It’s like ra-aaiin on your wedding day D G D Em It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid D G D Em It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take F C D And who would’ve thought … it figures [Verse 2] D/F# G D/F# Em Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly D/F# G D/F# Em He packed his suit-case and kissed his kids goodbye D/F# G D/F# Em He waited his whole life to take that flight D/F# G And as the plane crashed down he thought D/F# Em “Well, isn’t this nice …” D/F# G D/F# Em And isn’t it ironic … don’t you think [Chorus] D G D Em It’s like ra-aaiin on your wedding day D G D Em It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid D G D Em It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take F C D And who would’ve thought … it figures [Bridge] Cmaj7 Gmaj7/D Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything’s okay Cmaj7 Gmaj7/D And everything’s going right Cmaj7 Gmaj7/D And life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything’s gone wrong Cmaj7 Cadd9* And everything blows up in your face [Verse 3] D/F# G D/F# Em A traffic jam when you’re already late D/F# G D/F# Em A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break D/F# G D/F# Em It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife D/F# G It’s meeting the man of my dreams D/F# Em And then meeting his beautiful wife … hmm D/F# G D/F# Em And isn’t it ironic … don’t you think D/F# G D/F# Em A little too ironic … and yeah, I really do think … [Chorus] D G D Em It’s like ra-aiin on your wedding day D G D Em It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid D G D Em It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take F C D And who would’ve thought … it figures [Outro] Cmaj7 Gmaj7/D Cmaj7 Gmaj7/D And yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you Cmaj7 Gmaj7/D And life has a funny, funny way Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Of helping you out, helping you out