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