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Ironic by Alanis Morissette

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Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly


IRONIC He packed his suitcase and kissed his
G. Ballard, A. Morissette kids goodbye
From the album Jagged Little Pill
He waited his whole damn life to take
ALANIS MORISSETTE/Maverick (1996)
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*Capo on 4th fret. And as the plane crashed down he
Intro thought, “Well, isn’t this nice”
CM9 Dsus6 And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?
Hey, I I (Repeat Chorus)
CM9
Yeah, ah ah ah Bridge
CM9, CM7-5, Cadd9, CM9
Yeah, I. C Power Chord hold Well, life has a funny way of sneakin’
Dsus6
D/F#-D/G D/F# Em7 up on you
An old man turned ninety-eight When you think everything’s okay and
D/F# D/G D/F# CM9 Dsus6
He won the lottery and died the next everything’s going right
Em7 CM9
day And life has a funny way of helpin’ ya
D/F# D/G-D/F# Em7 Dsus6
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay out
D/F# D/G D/F# When you think everything’s going
It’s a death row pardon two minutes too wrong
Em7 CM9
late And everything blows up in your
D/F#-D/G CM9, CM7-5, Cadd9, C Power Chord hold
And isn’t it ironic, don’t you face.
D/F#-Em7
think? (1st verse chord pattern)
A traffic jam when you’re already late
Chorus (loud) A “no smoking” sign on your cigarette
D-G D Em break
It’s like rain on your wedding day It’s like ten thousand spoons when
D-G D all ya need is a knife
It’s a free ride when you’ve already It’s meeting the man of my dreams
Em And then meeting his beautiful
paid Em7 pause
D-G D wife
It’s the good advice that ya just didn’t And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think
Em A little too ironic, and yeah, I really do
take
think.
F C
(Repeat Chorus)
And who would have thought it
D
figures?
Outro
(Chord pattern CM9--Dsus6--)
And yeah, well, life has a funny way of
sneakin’ up on you
And life has a funny, funny way of helpin’
you out
CM9--…(Fade)
Helpin’ you out.

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