Capo on 4th fret
Chords:
Intro, verses and bridge
F#/A#: 2x023x
B2: 3x020x
G#m: 0x00xx
Emaj7: x32033
Bmaj7F#add9: x54005 (I am not quiet sure about the name)
Bmaj7/F#: x54007 (I am not quiet sure about the name)
Chorus
D: x00232
G: 320033
Em: 022000
F: 133211
C: 032010
Intro (clean guitar):
Emaj7 F#6add4 Emaj7
“Hey-ey, hey, . . .” etc
|--3-----2--------------------|
|--------------3--------------|
|--------------------0-----2--|
|-----0-----0-----------------|
|--3-----3-----3--------------|
|-----------------------------|
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 to
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):
D G Em
It’s like rain on your wedding day
D G Em
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
D G Em
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
F C D
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. He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye. He waited his
|-----------------|---------0-------|---------|---------|
|---3--0---0------|----0----3---3-0-|---3-0---|----0----|
|-2----2---2--2-0-|--2---0----------|-2---2---|--2---0--|
|-0---------------|--0---0----------|-0-------|--0---0--|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|
|-2----3----------|--2---0----------|-2---3---|--2---0--|
whole *** life just to take that flight. And as the plane crashed down he thought “well isn’t this 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
Bmaj7/F#add9 Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9
of sneaking up on you when you think everything is okay and
Emaj7 Bmaj7/F#add9 Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9
everything is going right
Emaj7
And life has a funny way
Bmaj7/F#add9 Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9
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 the keyboard plays 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 this beauty wife.
|---------|---------|-------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-|
And isn’t it ironic don’t you think a little too ironic and yeah I really do think
Chorus (distortion)
Outro (clean)
Emaj7 Bmaj7/F#add9 Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9
Emaj7 Bmaj7/F#add9 Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Emaj7 Bmaj7/F#add9 Bmaj7/F# Bmaj7/F#add9
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Emaj7 Emaj7
Helping you out
PLAY TOO ..