Suggested chords: F# 244322
 G#m466444

Intro 1:
This is played during the bit where Alanis sings \"hi hi hi, la la la, hi hi\"

E| 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 | 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
B| O O O O O O O O O | O O O O O O O O O
G| 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
D| 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
A| |
E| |
Intro 2:
E| 7 6 |
B| 7 |
G| |
D| 9~~~ |
A| |
E| |

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Verse 1:    An old man turned ninety-eight

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            He won the lottery and died the next day

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            It\'s a black fly in your chardonnay

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            It\'s a death row pardon two minutes to late

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            And isn\'t it ironic...  Don\'t you think?

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Chorus:   It\'s like rain   on your wedding day

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           It\'s a free ride when you\'ve already paid

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           It\'s the good advice that you just didn\'t take

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           And who would have thought...  It figures?

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                                    Verse 2:  Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly

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          He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
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He waited his whole *** life just to take that flight      

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          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?

Chorus: (Repeat chorus as before)

Bridge: (Play the intro 1 rhythm throughout this part)
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything is okay and everything\'s going right

And life has a funny way of helping you out when you think
Everything\'s gone wrong and everything blows up in your face

Verse 3: F# B F# G#m
A traffic jam when you are already late

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          A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break

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          It\'s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

(No instruments on these last two lines)
It\'s like meeting the man of my dreams

And 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...

Chorus: (Repeat chorus as before)
Coda: (Play the intro 1 rhythm throughout this part)

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out... Helping you out

(Cymbals and ending on guitars)


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