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| an | old | man | turned ninety- | eight |
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| he won the | lotte | ry and | died the next | day |
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| it's a | black | fly in your | chardo | nnay |
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| it's a | death row | pardon two | minutes to | late |
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| isn't it i | ronic | ... don't you t | hink |
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| < | rai | n on your | wedding | day |
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| it's a free | rid | e when you've | already | paid |
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| it's the good | advic | e that you | just didn't | take |
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| who would have | 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 just to take that flight |
| and as the plane crashed down he thought "well isn't this nice..." |
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| and isn't it | ironic | ... don't you | think? |
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| < | rai | n on your | wedding | day |
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| it's a free | rid | e when you've | already | paid |
| F# | B | F# | G#m | |
| it's the good | advic | e that you | just didn't | take |
| A | G#m | F# | |
| who would have | thought... it | figures |
| B | F# | |
| well | life has a funny way of sneaking | up on you |
| G#m | |
| when you think everything is okay and | everything's going right |
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| and l | ife has a funny way of helping y | ou out when |
| G#m | |
| you think everything's gone wrong and | everything blows up in your face |
| a traffic jam when you are 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 like meeting the man of my dreams then meeting his beautiful wife |
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| and isn't it | ironic. | .. don't you | think? |
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| a little too | ironic. | .. and yeah i | really do think. | .. |
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| B | F# | |
| l | ife has a funny way of sneaking up on | you |
| B | F# | B | |
| l | ife has a funny, funny way | of helping you o | ut -- helping you out |
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| ecpark@mail.wm.edu "i'm sad, but i'm laughing..." |
| the college of william & mary |
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