Alanis Morissette — Ironic Acoustic Chords
All other tabs are naff this one is my interpretation, please rate it, enjoy, msmuse101!
reminder: this is the version off the mtv unplugged album, not jagged little pill thus no
electric parts. (Ignore my crappy chord names, i dont know what a couple of them are
called! If u know i would apprechiate it if u left a comment so i can correct it, ta!)
Chords you'll need—
Cadd9 Dadd9 Dadd9* D/F# Gadd9 Em7 G Fm
—e|————3—————5——————7—————0—————0————0———3———1—|
—B|————3—————5——————5—————3—————3————3———3———1—|
—G|————0—————0——————0—————2—————0————0———0———x—|
—D|————0—————0——————0—————0—————0————2———0———3—|
—A|————3—————5——————5—————x—————x————2———2———3—|
—E|————x—————x——————x—————2—————3————0———3———1—|
cappo on 4th fret
[Intro]Cadd9 Dadd9 Cadd9 —e|—3—2——————|
—B|—————3————|
—G|———————0——|
[verse1]
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
An old man turned ninety—eight
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
He won the lottery and died the next day
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
It's a black fly in your chardonnay
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
Isn't it ironic... don't you think
[chorus]
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's like rain on your wedding day
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's a free ride when you've already paid
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Fm Cadd9 D/F#
And who would've thought... it figures
[verse2]
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good—bye
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
And as the plane crashed down he thought, well isn't this nice
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
And Isn't this ironic ... don't you think?
[chorus]
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's like rain on your wedding day
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's a free ride when you've already paid
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Fm Cadd9 D/F#
And who would've thought... it figures
[bridge]
Cadd9 Dadd9
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9 Dadd9
When you think everything's ok and everythings going right
Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9 Dadd9
And yeah well life has a funny way of helping you out when
Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9
You think evertyhing's gone wrong and everthing blows up in your face
—e|—3—2——————|
—B|—————3————|
—G|———————0——|
[verse3]
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
A traffic jam when you're already late
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
A no—smoking sign on your cigarette break
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
It's meeting the man of my dreams then meeting his beautiful wife
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
A little too ironic.. and yeah I really do think...
[chorus]
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's like rain on your wedding day
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's a free ride when you've already paid
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Fm Cadd9 D/F#
And who would've thought... it figures
[outro]
Cadd9 Dadd9Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9 Dadd9Dadd9*Dadd9
Cadd9 Dadd9Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9 —e|—3—2——————| Cadd9
—B|—————3————|
—G|———————0——|