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Ironic

Alanis Morissette
ChordsKeyEbeginner85 BPM
4.8(4k)

Chords in this song9

Intro

Cmaj7 Gmaj7/D Cmaj7 Cadd9*
Hey yay yay, yah ha ha, ay yeah, hi

Verse 1

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
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think 

Chorus

It's like ra-aaiin 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 who would've thought ... it figures

Verse 2

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly 
He packed his suit-case and kissed his kids goodbye
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

It's like ra-aaiin 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 who would've thought ... it figures

Bridge

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
Cmaj7 Cadd9*
And everything blows up in your face

Verse 3

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 ... hmm
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think 
A little too ironic ... and yeah, I really do think ...

Chorus

It's like ra-aiin 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 who would've thought ... it figures

Outro

  
And yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And life has a funny, funny way
Of helping you out, helping you out

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