{title: Ironic}
{artist: Alanis Morisette}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 89}
{key: B}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[EM7] [F#add6] [EM7]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
an [F#/A#]old [B]man [F#/A#]turned ninety-[G#m7]eight
he won the [F#/A#]lottery [B] and [F#/A#]died the next [G#m7]day
it's a [F#/A#] black [B]fly in [F#/A#]your Chardon[G#m7]nay
it's a [F#/A#]death row [B]pardon two [F#/A#]minutes too [G#m7]late
isn't it i[F#/A#]ronic, [B] don't you [F#/A#]think [G#m7]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
it's like [F#]rain--[B]- on your [F#]wedding [G#m]day
it's a free [F#]ride--[B]- when you've [F#]already [G#m]paid
it's the good ad[F#]vice--[B]- that you [F#]just didn't [G#m]take
and [A]who would've [E]thought it [F#]figures?
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
mr. [F#/A#]Play It [B]Safe was a[F#/A#]fraid to fly [G#m7]
he packed his [F#/A#]suit[B]case and kissed his [F#/A#]kids good-bye-[G#m7]-
he waited his [F#/A#]whole damn [B]life to [F#/A#]take that [G#m7]flight
and as the [F#/A#]plane crashed [B]down he thought: "Well, [F#/A#]isn't this [G#m7]nice?"
and isn't it i[F#/A#]ronic, [B] don't you [F#/A#]think? [G#m7]
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
well [EM7]life has a funny way of sneaking up on [F#add6]you
when you think everything's okay and [EM7]everything's going right-[F#add6]-
and [EM7]life has a funny way of helping you [F#add6]out when
you think everything's gone wrong and [EM7]everything blows up in your face
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
a [F#/A#]traffic [B]jam when you're [F#/A#]already late [G#m7]
a no-[F#/A#]smoking [B]sign on your [F#/A#]cigarette [G#m7]break
it's like [F#/A#]ten thousand [B]spoons when all you [F#/A#]need is a [G#m7]knife
it's [F#/A#]meeting the man of my [B]dreams, and then [F#/A#]meeting his beautiful [G#m7]wife
and isn't it i[F#/A#]ronic, [B] don't you [F#/A#]think? [G#m7]
a little too i[F#]ronic, [B] and yeah, I [F#/A#]really do think [G#m7]
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[EM7]life has a funny way of sneaking up on [F#add6]you
[EM7]life has a funny, funny way [F#add6]
of helping you [EM7]out, helping you out
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