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