Alanis Morissette - Ironic

Tab by Dave Kitabjian, dave@kitabjian.com
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Capo 4
Standard Tuning


Intro: CM7  D13sus4  CM7->"lick"


  D/F#  G2  D/F#          Em7
An old man turned ninety-eight
            D/F# G2     D/F# (*high D) Em7
He won the lottery and died the next day
       D/F#   G2          D/F#  Em7
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
        D/F#      G2        D/F#*        Em7
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
          D/F#*  G2*         D/F#*  Em7
Isn't it ironic... don't you think


CHORUS:

          D/F# G           D/F#   Em7
It's like rain    on your wedding day
            D/F# G             D/F#     Em7
It's a free ride   when you've already paid
               D/F# G          D/F#        Em7
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
 F             C            D/F#
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

BRIDGE:

      CM7                    
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
 D13sus4
When you think everything's okay and 
CM7                      D13sus4
everything's going right
    CM7
And life has a funny way of helping you
 D13sus4
out when You think everything's gone wrong and 
 CM7                             "lick"
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

Instrumental: CM7  D13sus4
 CM7                                   D13sus4
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
 CM7                         D13sus4
Life has a funny, funny way 
               CM7
of helping you out  Helping you out 

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Chords:

(* chords have a passing high note)

        EADGBE
CM7     X32003
D13sus4 X54005
D/F#    2002(32)
D/F#*   20023(2)
G2      3202(33)
G2*     32023(3)
Em7     022030


"lick":
E--3--2---------
B--------3------
G-----------0---
D---------------
A---------------
E---------------