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