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