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Ironic!

by Alanis Morissette · posted by TIN_MAN

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
IRONIC			ALANIS MORISSETTE


KEY C

4   6   5    -4    -4   4   5
An old man turned nine-ty-eight

4  4   4   -6b  6  6  -4  -4   4   4    4
He won the lot-ter-y and died the next day

4   4    6    5  5   -4   -4    4  5
It's a black fly in your Char-don-nay

4    4   -6b  6   5  -4   5   -4   4   4   4
It's a death row par-don two min-utes too late

5   5   -4 4 -4 4     5    4   4
Is-n’t it i-ron-ic, don’t you think


CHORUS

6     6    7    6   5   6    6   -6b
It's like rain on your wed-ding day

6    6   7   -6b   6   5      6   6 -6b  5
It's a free ride when you've al-read-y paid

6     6   7   -6  6    6    5   6    6   5  -5b
It's the good ad-vice that you just did-n't take

-6   -6b   6    -6b   -5b -6b  6
Who would-'ve thought, it fi-gures


VERSE 2

Mister Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think


REPEAT CHORUS


BRIDGE

5      5   5   5 -6b 6   6  
Well life has a fun-ny way 

 4   4    4   4   4 4
of sneak-ing up on you

4    4    4     4  4   -4     5    
When you think ev-ry-thing's okay 

 4   4   4  4     4   4    4
and ev-ry-thing's go-ing right

4    4    -4 5  —6b 5  6   
And life has a fun-ny way 

    4   4    4   4   4
of help-ing you out when

4      4   -4 -4  -4     5     4    
You think ev-ry-thing's gone wrong 

 4   4  4   4     4   4
and ev-ry-thing blows up

4    4   4
In your face




VERSE 3

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

4    5 4    4 -4 4  -4    4    4    4
And is-n't it i-ron-ic, don't you think

6  6   6   7  -6 7   6   5   
A lit-tle too i-ron-ic and, 

 4    4  4    5  4   4
yeah, I real-ly do think


REPEAT CHORUS

5    5    5    5   5  5  -6b 5  6   
And you know life has a fun-ny way 

 4    4   4  -4 5   4
of sneak-ing up on you

5     5  5  -6b 5   -6b 5  6   4   4   4   -4  4
Life has a fun-ny, fun-ny way of help-ing you out

4     4   -4  4
Help-ing you out

ENJOY!!
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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