[Verse]
F# B F# G#m
An old man turned ninety-eight
F# B F# G#m
He won the lottery and died the next day
F# B F# G#m
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay
F# B F# G#m
It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late
F# B F#
Isn’t it ironic
G#m
don’t you think
[Chorus]
F# B F# G#m
It’s like rain on your wedding day
F# B F# G#m
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
F# B F# G#m
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
A E
Who would’ve thought
F#
it figures
[Verse]
F# B F# G#m
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
F# B F# G#m
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
F# B F# G#m
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
F# B
And as the plane crashed down he thought
F# G#m
"Well isn’t this nice"
F# B F#
And isn’t it ironic
G#m
don’t you think
[Chorus]
F# B F# G#m
It’s like rain on your wedding day
F# B F# G#m
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
F# B F# G#m
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
A E
Who would’ve thought
F#
it figures
[Bridge]
E F#
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
E F#
When you think everything’s okay and everything’s going right
E F#
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
E
You think everything’s gone wrong and everything blows up
F#
In your face
[Verse]
F# B F# G#m
A traffic jam when you’re already late
F# B F# G#m
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
F# B F# G#m
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
F# B
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
F# G#m
And then meeting his beautiful wife
F# B F#
And isn’t it ironic
G#m
don’t you think
F# B
A little too ironic
F# G#m
and yeah I really do think
[Chorus]
F# B F# G#m
It’s like rain on your wedding day
F# B F# G#m
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
F# B F# G#m
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
A E
Who would’ve thought
F#
it figures
[Outro]
E F#
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
E
Life has a funny, funny way
F# E
of helping you out
[Verse]
F# B F# G#m
An old man turned ninety-eight
F# B He won the lottery
F# G#m
and died the next day
F# B F# It’s a black fly in your
G#m
Chardonnay
F# B It’s a death row
F# G#m
pardon two minutes too late
F# B F#
Isn’t it ironic
G#m
don’t you think
[Chorus]
F# B It’s like rain
F# G#m
on your wedding day
F# B It’s a free ride when
F# G#m
you’ve already paid
F# B It’s the good advice
F# G#m
that you just didn’t take
A E
Who would’ve thought
F#
it figures
[Verse]
F# B F# G#m
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
F# B He packed his suitcase and
F# G#m
kissed his kids good-bye
F# He waited his whole damn
B F# G#m
life to take that flight
F# And as the plane crashed
B
down he thought
F# G#m
"Well isn’t this nice"
F# B F#
And isn’t it ironic
G#m
don’t you think
[Chorus]
F# B It’s like rain
F# G#m
on your wedding day
F# B It’s a free ride when
F# G#m
you’ve already paid
F# B It’s the good advice
F# G#m
that you just didn’t take
A E
Who would’ve thought
F#
it figures
[Bridge]
E Well life has a funny
F#
way of sneaking up on you
E When you think everything’s okay
F#
and everything’s going right
E And life has a funny way
F#
of helping you out when
You think everything’s gone
E
wrong and everything blows up
F#
In your face
[Verse]
F# B F# A traffic jam when you’re
G#m
already late
D G D Em
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
F# B It’s like ten thousand spoons
F# G#m
when all you need is a knife
F# It’s meeting
B
the man of my dreams
And then meeting
F# G#m
his beautiful wife
F# B F#
And isn’t it ironic
G#m
don’t you think
F# B
A little too ironic
F# G#m
and yeah I really do think
[Chorus]
F# B It’s like rain
F# G#m
on your wedding day
F# B It’s a free ride when
F# G#m
you’ve already paid
F# B It’s the good advice
F# G#m
that you just didn’t take
A E
Who would’ve thought
F#
it figures
[Outro]
E Life has a funny way
F#
of sneaking up on you
E
Life has a funny, funny way
F# E
of helping you out