Chords used:
G/B: 020033 Am7: 002013 in the chorus and 002010 in the Verses
G : 320003 C9 : 032013 Bb: 113331 F : 133211 C : 032010
Tuning: D# G# C# F# A# D#
Intro: G/B C G/B Am7
Note: In the intro, the 1st and the 3rd Verse you can strum every chord once or you can
a simple picking which i prefer to do:
G/B C G/B Am7
D#|--3------0---------3------0------|
A#|--3------1---------3------1------|
F#|--0------0---------0------0------|
C#|---------------------------------|
G#|--2------3---------2------0------|
D#|---------------------------------|
G/B C G/B Am7
An old man turned ninety-eight
G/B C G/B Am7
He won the lottery and died the next day
G/B C G/B Am7
It's a black fly in your chardonnay
G/B C G/B Am7
it's a death row pardon two minutes too late
G/B C G/B Am7
and isn't it Ironic? Don't you think?
Chorus:
G C9 G/B Am7
It's like rain_____ on your wedding day
G C9 G/B Am7
It's a free ride______ when you've already paid
G C9 G/B Am7
It's the good advice_____ that you just didn't take
Bb F G
And who would've thought it figures
G/B C G/B Am7
Mr. Play-it-Safe was afraid to fly
G/B C G/B Am7
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
G/B C G/B Am7
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
G/B C G/B Am7
and as the plane crashed down he thought "well isn't this nice"
G/B C G/B Am7
and isn't it Ironic? Don't you think?
Repeat Chorus
F G
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's
F G
okay and everything's going right
F G
And life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everythings gone
F C
wrong and everything blows up in your face
G/B C G/B Am7
A traffic jam when you're already late
G/B C G/B Am7
a no-smoking-sign on your zigarette break
G/B C G/B Am7
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
G/B C G/B Am7
It's meeting the men of my dreams an then meeting his beautiful wife
G/B C G/B Am7
and isn't it ironic? Don't you think?
G/B C G/B Am7
a little too ironic And yeah i really do think
Repeat Chorus
G/B C G/B Am7
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
G/B C G/B Am7
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
G/B C
helping you out
