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