IRONIC 
Alanis Morissette




Vorspiel: 
Emaj7   F#6+4   Emaj7 
Hey-ey hey, hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey 

1.  Strophe: 
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An old man turned ninety-eight, 
                  F#   H       F#                G#m 
He won the lottery and died the next day. 
         F#     H     F#                G#m 
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay, 
         F#            H                F#           G#m 
It’s a death row pardon two minutes to late. 
                  F#   H               F#   G#m 
And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think ? 

Refrain: 
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It’s like rain on your wedding day. 
               F#   H                  F#       G#m 
It’s a free ride, when you’ve already paid. 
                        F#   H          F#           G#m 
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take. 
        A                       E             F# 
And who would have thought, it figures ? 

2.  Strophe: 
Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly, 
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye. 
He waited his whole damn life just 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 ? 
Refrain: 

Zwischenspiel: 
         Emaj7                                               F#6+4 
Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you. 
                                                           Emaj7                  F#6+4 
When you think everything is okay and everything is going right. 
        Emaj7                                         F#6+4 
And life has a funny way of helping you out. 
                                                                     Emaj7 
When you think everything’s gone wrong and everything blows up in your face. 

3.  Strophe: 
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. 
Refrain (2 mal): 

Nachspiel: 
Emaj7                                                 F#6+4 
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you. 
Emaj7                        F#6+4                    Emaj7 
Life has a funny, funny way, of helping you out, helping you out.