Fa#  Si   Fa#            Sol#m
An old man turned ninety-eight
      Fa#  Si      Fa#            Sol#m
He won the lottery and died the next day
       Fa#  Si   Fa#            Sol#m
It's a black fly in your chardonnay
      Fa#       Si      Fa#          Sol#m
It's a death row pardon two minutes to late
      Fa#  Si         Fa#           Sol#m
And isn't it ironic...  Don't you think?
   Fa#  Si      Fa#            Sol#m
It's like rain   on your wedding day
        a#     Si     Fa#            Sol#m
It's a free ride when you've already paid
             Fa#    Si      Fa#           Sol#m
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
         La              Sol#m       Fa#
And who would have thought  It figures?
       Fa#  Si   Fa#            Sol#m
Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly
      Fa#     Si       Fa#             Sol#m
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
                      Fa#     Si         Fa#           Sol#m
He waited his whole damn life just to take that flight
                    Fa#       Si           Fa#             Sol#m
And as the plane crashed down he thought, "well isn't this nice?"
          Fa#  Si   Fa#            Sol#m
And isn't it ironic...  Don't you think?
Fa#  Si   Fa#            Sol#m
It's like rain   on your wedding day
             Fa#     Si     Fa#            Sol#m
It's a free ride when you've already paid
                 Fa#     Si      Fa#            Sol#m
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
         La              Sol#m               Fa#
And who would have thought  It figures?
         Mi+7                                     Fa#6
Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you.
         Mi+7                                    Fa#6
When you think everything is okay and everything is going right.
         Mi+7                           Fa#6
And life has a funny way of helping you out.
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When you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face.
            Fa#    Si    Fa#              Sol#m
A traffic jam when you are already late
             Fa#     Si     Fa#            Sol#m
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
                  Fa#       Si         Fa#              Sol#m
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
 
It's like meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
       Fa#     Si     Fa#             Sol#m
And isn't it ironic...  Don't you think?
            Fa#  Si   Fa#            Sol#m
A little too ironic...  And yeah I really do think...
 
Fa#  Si   Fa#            Sol#m
It's like rain   on your wedding day
             Fa#     Si     Fa#          Sol#m
It's a free ride when you've already paid
                 Fa#     Si      Fa#         Sol#m
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
         La              Sol#m               Fa#
And who would have thought  It figures?
   Mi+7                                 Fa#6
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you.
Mi+7                         Fa#6                       Mi+7
Life has a funny, funny way, of helping you out, helping you out.