Ironic Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Ironic guitar chords and guitar lesson page where we will be going over the classic 90s hit by Alanis Morissette.
I was definitely a fan of this songs and I had requests for some more 90s tunes so I thought a guitar lesson on Ironic would be the perfect fit.
Below of the guitar chord for Ironic and I should note that all of these chords are relative to the capo at the 4th fret.
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Ironic Guitar Chords:
Ironic Strumming Patterns:
I should note that this song has some strumming and picking on the verses. If you want to keep it simple, strumming the chords once on the Verse works great. The chords split a measure and the second chord changes on the and (+) after the second beat.
Strumming Verse:
D/F# Gsus2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D D
Main Strumming Pattern:
D/F# Gsus2
1 e + a 2 e + 3 e + a 4 e + a
D U DU D UD U D DU
Intro with picking:
Ironic Guitar Lesson:
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Ironic Chord Chart:
Capo 4th Fret
Intro:
Cmaj7 D6add11 Cmaj7 D Riff
Hey yay yay, yah ha ha, ay yeah hi
Verse 1:
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F#| Em7|
An old man turned ninety-eight
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
He won the lottery and died the next day
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
|D/F# Gsus| |D/F# Em7|
And isn't it ironic don't you think
Chorus:
D G| |D Em|
It's like rain on your wedding day
|D G| |D Em|
It's a free ride when you've already paid
|D G| |D Em|
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
|F C| D
And who would've thought ... it figures
Verse 2:
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
He packed his suit case and kissed his kids goodbye
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
|D/F# Gsus2|
And as the plane crashed down he thought
|D/F# Em7|
"Well isn't this nice ..."
|D/F# Gsus| |D/F# Em7|
And isn't it ironic don't you think
Chorus:
|D G| |D Em|
It's like rain on your wedding day
|D G| |D Em|
It's a free ride when you've already paid
|D G| |D Em|
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
|F C| D
And who would've thought ... it figures
Bridge:
Cmaj7 D6add11
Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's okay
Cmaj7 D6add11
And everything's going right
Cmaj7 D6add11
And life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong
Cmaj7 D Riff
And everything blows up in your face
Verse 3:
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
A traffic jam when you're already late
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
|D/F# Gsus2|
It's meeting the man of my dreams
|D/F# Em7|
And then meeting his beautiful wife ... hmm
|D/F# Gsus| |D/F# Em7|
And isn't it ironic don't you think
|D/F# Gsus2| |D/F# Em7|
A little too ironic and yeah, I really do think
Chorus:
|D G| |D Em|
It's like rain on your wedding day
|D G| |D Em|
It's a free ride when you've already paid
|D G| |D Em|
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
|F C| D
And who would've thought ... it figures
Outro:
Cmaj7 D6add11
And yeah,
Cmaj7 D6add11
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Cmaj7 D6add11
And life has a funny, funny way ---
Cmaj7 D6add11
Of helping you out, helping you out
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