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