Ironic

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  • Chords. Capo on 4th fret! Numbers are relative to capo.
     
    Intro, verses and bridge Chorus
  • F#/A#: 2x023x F#: x00232 (D-shape)
    B2: 3x020x B: 320033 (G-shape)
    G#m: 0x00xx G#m: 022000 (Em-shape)
  • Emaj7: x32003 A: 133211 (F-shape)
    x32033 E: 032010 (C-shape)
    F#6add4: x54005 (Not sure about name. Maybe Bmaj7/F#add9?)
  • F#6add4add13: x54007 (Not sure about name. Maybe Bmaj7/F#?.
    In this transcription, I call this chord F#@)
     
  • INTRO (clean guitar):
     
    |--3-----2--------------------|
  • |--------------3--------------|
    |---------------------0-----2-|
    Emaj7 F#6add4 Emaj7 |-----0-----0-----------------|
  • |--3-----3-----3--------------|
    |-----------------------------|
    " Hey-ey, hey,..." etc etc
  •  
    VERSE 1 (chord progression: | F#/A# B2 | F#/A# G#m | etc. Clean guitar)
     
  • + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    |-------0---------|-3---------------|-3--3--3---------|----3------------|
  • |-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2---2-2---------|-2-----0---------|
    |-0---------------|-------0-------0-|-----------------|-0-----0---------|
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  • |-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
    An old man turned 98. He won the lottery, and died the next day
     
  • + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    |-3-----0---------|-3---------------|-----------------|----3------------|
  • |-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|
    |-----------------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  • |-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
    It's a black fly in your Chardonnay. It's a death row pardon 2 minutes too
    late.
  •  
    + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
    |-----------------|-----------------|
  • |----3--------3---|---3-------------|
    |-2-----2---2---2-|-2-----0---------|
    |-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
  • |-----------------|-----------------|
    |-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
    Isn't it ironic...don't you think?
  •  
    CHORUS (Overdriven guitar):
     
  • F# B F# G#m
    Its like rain on your wedding day
    F# B F# G#m
  • It's a free ride when you've already paid
    F# B F# G#m
    It's the good advice that you just didn't take
  • A E F#
    And who would have thought...it figures
     
  • VERSE 2 (clean) Guitar 2 strums the chords in the usual progression.
     
    + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . +. | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
  • |------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
    |----3--0----0-----|----0-----------|----3--0----------|----0--------0-------|
    |-2-----2---2--2-0-|-2-----0--------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---2-----2-0-|
  • |-0----------------|-0-----0--------|-0----------------|-0-----0-------------|
    |------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
    |-2-----3----------|-2-----0--------|-2-----3----------|-2-----0-------------|
  • Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly. suitcase and kids goodbye. He
    He packed his kissed his waited his
     
  • + . + . + . + .| + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + .+. |
    |----------------|---------------0-------|-------------------|----------------|
    |----3--0--------|-----0-------3-----3-0-|----3--0-----------|-----0----------|
  • |-2-----2--------|--2-----0--------------|-2-----2-----------|--2-----0-------|
    |-0--------------|--0-----0--------------|-0-----------------|--0-----0-------|
    |----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------|
  • |-2-----3--------|--2-----0--------------|-2-----3-----------|--2-----0-------|
    whole damn life just to take that.. plane crashed down isn't this
    ..flight. And as the he thought "well nice..."
  •  
    + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
    |-------------------5-3h5-|-----------------|
  • |-----3----0-----0h3------|----0------------|
    |-2--------2--------------|-2-----0---------|
    |-0-----------------------|-0---------------|
  • |-------------------------|-------0---------|
    |-2--------3--------------|-2-----0---------|
    And isn't it ironic.... don't you think?
  •  
    CHORUS (distortion)
     
  • BRIDGE (clean)
    Emaj7
    Well life has a funny way
  • F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
    of sneaking up on you when you think everything is okay and
    Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
  • everything is going right
    Emaj7
    And life has a funny way
  • F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
    of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong and
    Emaj7
  • everything blows up in your face
    |--3--2--------|
    |--------3-----|
  • |-----------0--|
    |--------------|
    |--------------|
  • |--------------|
     
    VERSE 3
  •  
    A clean guitar strums the chords in the normal progression, and throughout the
    verse, keybords play something like this:
  • |-------------|--------------|
    |---3--0~~~~--|---0----------|
    |-2-----------|-2----0~~~~---|
  • |-------------|--------------|
    |-------------|--------------|
    |-------------|--------------|
  •  
    A traffic jam, when you're already late
    A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
  • It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
    It's meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife.
    And isn't it..
  •  
    + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
    |-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2p0--|-----------------|
  • |----3-----3------|----3-----3------|----3--3--3-----3-|----3------------|
    |-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---------|
    |-0-----0---------|-0-----2---------|-0----------------|-0-----0---------|
  • |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
    |-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3----------|-2-----0---------|
    ironic....don't you think a little too ironic..and yeah I really do think
  •  
    CHORUS (distortion)
     
  • OUTRO (clean)
    Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
    Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4
  • Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
    Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4 Emaj7
    Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
  • Emaj7 Emaj7
    Helping you out
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