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TITLE: Ironic
ARTIST: Alanis Morissette
ALBUM: Jagged Little Pill
SUBMITTED BY: Nans87
NOTE: ~ ~ ~ CAPO ON 4TH FRET!! ~ ~ ~
Standard tuning.
CHORDS:
Cmaj7 : x32003
D6? : x54005
D** : xx0032
D/F# : 2x023x
G (9 fr.) : 3x023x
Em7 : 033020
D : xx0323
G : 320033
*x are those strings you shouldn't strum!
D**=
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Intro:
Cmaj7 D6? Cmaj7 D**
Hi yi yi--- yi yi yi yi yi yi
D/F# G (9 fr.) D/F# Em7
An old man turned ninety-eight
D/F# G (9 fr.) D/F# Em7
He won the lottery and died the next day
D/F# G (9 fr.) D/F# Em7
It´s a black fly in your Chardonnay
D/F# G (9 fr.) D/F# Em7
It´s a death row pardon two minutes too late
D/F# G (9 fr.) D/F# Em7
Isn´t it ironic ... don´t you think
Chorus:
D G D Em7
It´s like rain on your wedding day
D G D Em7
It´s a free ride when you´ve already paid
D G D Em7
It´s the good advice that you just didn´t take
F C Dsus4
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:
D G D Em7
It´s like rain on your wedding day
D G D Em7
It´s a free ride when you´ve already paid
D G D Em7
It´s the good advice that you just didn´t take
F C Dsus4
Who would ´ve thought ... it figures
Cmaj7 D6?
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Cmaj7 D6?
When you think everything´s okay and everything´s going right
Cmaj7 D6?
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
Cmaj7 D6?
You think everything´s gone wrong and everything blows up
D**
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
D /F# G (9 fr.) D/F# Em7
A little too ironic ... and yeah I really do think ...
Chorus:
D G D Em7
It´s like rain on your wedding day
D G D Em7
It´s a free ride when you´ve already paid
D G D Em7
It´s the good advice that you just didn´t take
F C Dsus4
Who would ´ve thought ... it figures
Cmaj7 D6?
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Cmaj7 D6? Cmaj7
Life has a funny, funny way --- of helping you out
Helping you out
Other versions of this song
- Ironic (Ver2) (Bass)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025