Ironic Alanis Morissette
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From Visscher@ALG.FRG.eur.nl Fri Apr 4 17:01:34 1997
From: Visscher@ALG.FRG.eur.nl
Subject: posted tab: `Ironic' (Alanis Morissette)
IRONIC - ALANIS MORISSETTE
From the album `Jagged little pill'
Transcribed by Louis Visscher .
This tablature would not have come about without the help of Jeff Elkins
. He transcribed the chord-version with a
capo at the 4th fret. I use his chords in this transcription.
He distinguishes 3 guitars.
I also would like to thank Evan C. Parker for his
initial transcription of this song, just like Shawn Maschino
and Maarten Klaassen .
My tab is for 1 guitar only. For the other guitar parts, look at Jeff's tab!
In verse 2, a clean guitar plays the tab, a clean guitar strums the chords,
and a semi-distorted guitar plays a few riffs. I have incorporated those
riffs in the tab, in such away that one guitar can play both the tab and
the riffs.
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[-]Chords. Capo on 4th fret! Numbers are relative to capo.
Intro, verses and bridge Chorus
F#/A#: 2x023x F#: x00232 (D-shape)
B2: 3x020x B: 320033 (G-shape)
G#m: 0x00xx G#m: 022000 (Em-shape)
Emaj7: x32003 A: 133211 (F-shape)
x32033 E: 032010 (C-shape)
F#6add4: x54005 (Not sure about name. Maybe Bmaj7/F#add9?)
F#6add4add13: x54007 (Not sure about name. Maybe Bmaj7/F#?.
In this transcription, I call this chord F#@)
INTRO (clean guitar):
|--3-----2--------------------| |--------------3--------------| |---------------------0-----2-| Emaj7 F#6add4 Emaj7 |-----0-----0-----------------| |--3-----3-----3--------------| |-----------------------------|
" Hey-ey, hey,..." etc etc
VERSE 1 (chord progression: | F#/A# B2 | F#/A# G#m | etc. Clean guitar)
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------0---------|-3---------------|-3--3--3---------|----3------------| |-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2---2-2---------|-2-----0---------| |-0---------------|-------0-------0-|-----------------|-0-----0---------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
An old man turned 98. He won the lottery, and died the next day
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-3-----0---------|-3---------------|-----------------|----3------------| |-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------| |-----------------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay. It's a death row pardon 2 minutes too
late.
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|-----------------|-----------------| |----3--------3---|---3-------------| |-2-----2---2---2-|-2-----0---------| |-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
Isn't it ironic...don't you think?
CHORUS (Overdriven guitar):
Its like ra[F#]in [B] on your [F#]wedding [G#m]day
It's a free[F#] ri[B]de when you've [F#]already [G#m]paid
It's the good a[F#]dvic[B]e that you [F#]just didn't [G#m]take
And [A]who would have [E]thought...it [F#]figures
VERSE 2 (clean) Guitar 2 strums the chords in the usual progression.
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|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------| |----3--0----0-----|----0-----------|----3--0----------|----0--------0-------| |-2-----2---2--2-0-|-2-----0--------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---2-----2-0-| |-0----------------|-0-----0--------|-0----------------|-0-----0-------------| |------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------| |-2-----3----------|-2-----0--------|-2-----3----------|-2-----0-------------|
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly. suitcase and kids goodbye. He
He packed his kissed his waited his
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|----------------|---------------0-------|-------------------|----------------
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|----3--0--------|-----0-------3-----3-0-|----3--0-----------|-----0----------
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|-2-----2--------|--2-----0--------------|-2-----2-----------|--2-----0-------
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|-0--------------|--0-----0--------------|-0-----------------|--0-----0-------
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|----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------
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|-2-----3--------|--2-----0--------------|-2-----3-----------|--2-----0-------
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whole damn life just to take that.. plane crashed down isn't this
..flight. And as the he thought "well nice..."
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|-------------------5-3h5-|-----------------| |-----3----0-----0h3------|----0------------| |-2--------2--------------|-2-----0---------| |-0-----------------------|-0---------------| |-------------------------|-------0---------| |-2--------3--------------|-2-----0---------|
And isn't it ironic.... don't you think?
CHORUS (distortion)
BRIDGE (clean)
Well [Emaj7]life has a funny way
F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
of sneaking up on you when you think everything is okay and
Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
everything is going right
And [Emaj7]life has a funny way
F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong and
[Emaj7]everything blows up in your face
|--3--2--------| |--------3-----| |-----------0--| |--------------| |--------------| |--------------|
VERSE 3
A clean guitar strums the chords in the normal progression, and throughout the
verse, keybords play something like this:
|-------------|--------------| |---3--0~~~~--|---0----------| |-2-----------|-2----0~~~~---| |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------|
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..
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2p0--|-----------------| |----3-----3------|----3-----3------|----3--3--3-----3-|----3------------| |-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---------| |-0-----0---------|-0-----2---------|-0----------------|-0-----0---------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| |-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3----------|-2-----0---------|
ironic....don't you think a little too ironic..and yeah I really do think
CHORUS (distortion)
OUTRO (clean)
Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4 Emaj7
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
[Emaj7]Helping you out[Emaj7]
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