Ironic

Chords

Standard

Intro: 

Cmaj7      Gmaj7         Cmaj7        Gmaj7
            Hi yi yi---  yi yi yi yi yi yi


  D/F# G(9) D/F#         Em7
An old man turned ninety-eight   
          D/F#  G(9)   D/F#          Em7
He won the lottery and died the next day
       D/F#  G(9)       D/F#    Em7
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
       D/F#      G(9)        D/F#       Em7
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
        D/F# G(9)              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                  Dsus 
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                  Dsus 
Who would 've thought ... it figures 

      Cmaj7                              Gmaj7
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
                                    Cmaj7                     Gmaj7
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right 
     Cmaj7                              Gmaj7
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
                                       Cmaj7                  Gmaj7
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
             Gmaj7
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)                    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                  Dsus 
Who would 've thought ... it figures 

      Cmaj7                              Gmaj7
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
      Cmaj7                Gmaj7               Cmaj7
Life has a funny, funny way --- of helping you out
         
Helping you out