Ironic
Alanis Morissette
Emaj7Hey yay Hmaj7/F#yay, yah ha ha, Emaj7ay yeah, hiEadd9
An F#/A#old Hman F#/A#turned ninety-G#meight
He F#/A#won the lotterHy and F#/A#died the next G#mday
It's F#/A#a black Hfly in F#/A#your ChardonnG#may
It's a F#/A#death row Hpardon two F#/A#minutes too G#mlate
And isn't it F#/A#ironic H don't you F#/A#thinkG#m
It's like ra-F#aaiHin on your F#wedding G#mday
It's a free F#ridHe when you've F#already G#mpaid
It's the good F#adviHce that you F#just didn't G#mtake
And Awho would've Ethought it figF#ures
Mr. F#/A#Play It Safe Hwas F#/A#afraid to flyG#m
He packed his F#/A#suit-Hcase and kissed his F#/A#kids goodbyG#me
He waited his F#/A#whole damn Hlife to F#/A#take that G#mflight
And as the F#/A#plane crashed Hdown he thought
"Well, F#/A#isn't this nicG#me "
And isn't it F#/A#ironic H don't you F#/A#thinkG#m
It's like ra-F#aaiHin on your F#wedding G#mday
It's a free F#ridHe when you've F#already G#mpaid
It's the good F#adviHce that you F#just didn't G#mtake
And Awho would've Ethought it figF#ures
Well, Emaj7life has a funny way of sneaking up Hmaj7/F#on you when you think everything's okay
And Emaj7everything's going rigHmaj7/F#ht
And Emaj7life has a funny way of helping you Hmaj7/F#out when you think everything's gone wrong
And Emaj7everything blows up in your Eadd9face
A F#/A#traffic Hjam when you're F#/A#already lateG#m
A no-F#/A#smoking Hsign on your F#/A#cigarette G#mbreak
It's like F#/A#ten thousand Hspoons when all you F#/A#need is a G#mknife
It's F#/A#meeting the man of my Hdreams
And then meeF#/A#ting his beautiful G#mwife hmm
And isn't it F#/A#ironic H don't you F#/A#thinkG#m
A little too F#/A#ironic H and yeah, I F#/A#really do think G#m
It's like ra-F#aiiHn on your F#wedding G#mday
It's a free F#ridHe when you've F#already G#mpaid
It's the good F#advicHe that you F#just didn't G#mtake
And Awho would've Ethought it figF#ures
Emaj7 Hmaj7/F#
And yeah, Emaj7life has a funny way of sneaking up on Hmaj7/F#you
And Emaj7life has a funny, funny Hmaj7/F#way
Of helping you Emaj7out, helping you Emaj7out