Ironic

Alanis Morissette
"Jagged Little Pill"

Guitar 1 chords -  

Shape to hold               Actual sound
(D/F#)          2x023x      Cmaj7
(Gsus2)         3x023x      Bsus2
(Em7)           02203x      G#m7
(Cmaj7)         x32003      Emaj7
(D6add4)        x54005      F#6add4

Guitar 2 chords -

F#5     244xxx             
B5      x244xx
G#m     466444

    Performance Notes:

    Guitar 1 & 3 are capoed at the 4th fret. The chords in parentheses 
represent the names of the shapes being held. The other chords above show the 
actual sounding chord. Capoed Frets are '0' in the Tab.

    Intro:  Guitar 1 (acoustic and played with the fingers)
 Cmaj7             D6add4               Cmaj7
e-3--3------3---3-|-5--5-------5-----5-|-3---3--3----3-------|
b-0--0--0---0---0-|-0--0---0---0-----0-|-0---0--0----0-----0-|
g-0--0--0---0---0-|-0--0---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0--0----0-----0-|
d-------2---2-2---|----4---4-----4-4---|--------2------------|
a-3---------3-3---|-5------------5-----|-3--------------3----|
e-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
         Hey, I, I,__________  woah, ho,  I.____________

                                Verse:
  N.C.                          D/F#   Gsus2  D/F#          Em7
e-3----2----------------------||------------|-------------------------|
b------------3----------------||-3-----3----|-3-----------------------| 
g------------0-------0--------||-2-----2----|-2--------------0--------|
d----0------------------------||-0-----0----|-0--------------0--------|
a-3----3-----3--------------0-||------------|-------------------------|
e-----------------------------||-2-----3----|-2--------------0--------|
                           An   old   man    turned ninety-eight.  He

  D/F#           Gsus2    D/F#         Em7
e-----------------------|------------------------------|
b--3----------3--3------|--3--------3------------------|
g--2----------2--2------|--2------------0--------------|
d--0-------------0------|--0------------0--------------|
a-----------------------|------------------------------|
e--2-------------3------|--2------------0--------------|
  won the lottery    and  died the next day      It's a_

    (Continue the above pattern for the 'D/F#-Gsus2-D/F#-Em7')
 
 D/F#         Gsus2    D/F#          Em7            D/F#           Gsus2
|__ black  fly___  in | your Chardonay.___  It's a | death_ row par-don two |

 D/F#               Em7
| min-utes two_ late. And isn't it i -|

 D/F#     Gsus2           D/F#         Em7
e------------------------|----------------------------||
b-3---3---3------3-------|-3------3-------------------||
g-2-------2---2----------|-2-----------0-------0------||
d-0-------0---------0----|-0-----------0-------0------||
a------------------------|---------------------0------||
e-2-------3--------------|-2-----------0-------0------|| Guitar 1 out
 -ronic           Don't ya think?       It's like rain________

    Chorus ( Guitar 2 electric w/distortion)
        (SEGNA)        
        F#5   B5             F#5         G#m                      
(rain)_|_________  on your | wed-ding___ day.  It's a free__ ride_|

 F#5     B5                F#5        G#m                        
|___________ when you're | al-read-y paid. It's the good advice_|

 F#5   B5               F#5          G#m          
|___________ that you | just did-n't take.__ And |      (Continued in tab)

                               To Coda 1
                               To Coda 2
e-0--------------0----------------------|---------------------|
b-0--------------0----------------------|---------------------|
g-2--------------1----------------------|---------------------|
d-2--------------2----------------------|---4-----------------|
a-0--------------2----------------------|---4-----------------|
e-0--------------0----------------------|---2-----------------|
 who would have thought?__ It fig-ures._______________ Mister 

    Verse: ( Guitar 1 back in, strumming the chords of the previous verse
             as whole chords + Guitar 2 playing fills )
e--------------------------|------------------------------|
b-----------------2h4--2---|-2--------4-------------------|
g------------------------4-|----------------1-------------|
d--------------------------|------------------------------|
a--------------------------|------------------------------|
e--------------------------|------------------------------|
  Play It Safe____    was a-fraid to fly.____ He packed his 
  
| suit -  case and kissed his |

e--------------------------------|---------------------|
b-----------------2h4--------2---|-2-------------------|
g------------------------------4-|---------------------|
d--------------------------------|---------------------|
a--------------------------------|---------------------|
e--------------------------------|---------------------|
 kids goodbye.___   He waited his whole_ damn_ life_ to 

e-----------------2h4-----2----|-2------------------------------------|
b----------------------------4-|--------------------------------------|
g------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
d------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
a------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
  take that flight._  And as the plane crashed down__he thought, "Well,

| is-n't this nice?"  And is-nt it i- |

e-------------9------7-|----------------------------------||
b---------7/9---9\7----|-7--------------------------------||
g----------------------|----------------------------------||
d----------------------|----------------------------------||
a----------------------|----------------------------------||
e----------------------|----------------------------------||
 -ronic?       Don't ya think?     It's like rain_________

    Del Segna al Coda 1 (Play the chorus to where it says to go to coda 1) 

    CODA 1
                      Bridge (Guitar 1 acoustic w/fingers)
 F#5                   Cmaj7
|______________ Well || life has a fun-ny way__ of sneak-ing up on__|

 D6add4
|___ you when you think ev-'ry-thing's o-kay and |   (Gt.1 repeats these)

e----------------------------------2h4-(4)p2-|------------|
b--------------------------------------------|-----2h4----|
g--------------------------------------------|------------|
d--------------------------------------------|------------|
a--------------------------------------------|------------|
e--------------------------------------------|------------|
 ev-'ry-thing's go-ing right.___________________        And

e--------------------------9 ----------7----|-------------------------------|
b----------------------7/9----9\7-----------|-7-----------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
life has a fun-ny way__ of help-ing you out____ when you think ev-'ry-thing's 
                                             gone wrong__ and 

| ev-'ry-thing's gone wrong_ and | ev-'ry-thing blows__ up in your face.____|

                                 Verse (Guitar 1 with verse strum)
 (Gt 1 =left of /, Gt 3=right)   D/F#      Gsus2
e-3/7---2/6--------------------||--------------------------|
b-------------3/7--------------||--------------------------|
g-------------------0/4--------||--6-----------------------|
d------------------------------||--------------------------| Guitar 2 out
a------------------------------||--------------------------|
e------------------------------||--------------------------|
 ______                       A  traf-fic  jam  when you're

 D/F#               Em7       D/F#     Gsus2           
| al-read-y late,___   a "No | Smoking" sign_ on your |

 D/F#          Em7                D/F#           Gsus2
| cig-a-rette break.   It's like | ten thousand spoons when all you |

 D/F#      Em7               D/F#                   Gsus2
| need is a knife.___  It's | meeting the man of my dreams,__ and then meet-|

    Different Pattern - slower ( only a total of 2 strums each chord)
 D/F#                     Em7       (Em7)
|-ing his beau - ti - ful wife.___ | And isn't it i - |

 Guitar 3 (acoustic)
|e-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|b-------3-------------3---------|-------3-------------3-----------------|
|g-----2------0------0-----------|-----2------2------0-------------------|
|d---0-------------0-------------|---0-------------2---------------------|
|a-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|e-2-------------3---------------|-2-------------0-----------------------|
|
|Guitar 1 (ac. w/fingers)
|e-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|b-3-------------3---------------|-3-----3-------------------------------|
|g-2-------------2---------------|-2-------------0-----------------------|
|d-0-------------0---------------|-0-------------0-----------------------|
|a-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|e-2-------------3---------------|-2-------------0-----------------------|
  ron - ic?              Don't ya  think?              A lit-tle__ too__

|e-----------------------3--2p0-----|---------------------------------------|
|b-------3-------------3--------3p0-|-------3-------------3-----------------|
|g-----2------0------0--------------|-----2------2------0-------------------|
|d---0-------------0----------------|---0-------------2---------------------|
|a----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|e-2-------------3------------------|-2-------------0-----------------------|
|
|
|e----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|b-3-----3-------3------------------|-3-----3-------------------------------|
|g-2-------------2------------------|-2-------------0-----------------------|
|d-0-------------0------------------|-0-------------0-----------------------|
|a----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|e-2-------------3------------------|-2-------------0-----------------------|
  ___  iron-ic           And yeah, I  real-ly do think.    It's like rain____

    Del Segna al Coda 2 (Play the chorus to where it says go to Coda 2)

    CODA 2               (Gt 1 with bridge strumming figure)
                         Cmaj7                         D6add4
e-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
b-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------7h9---|
g-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|           
d-4---------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
a-4---------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
e-2---------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|                    
 ___________________________                               And__ you know
 
 Cmaj7
| life has a fun-ny, way___ of sneaking up on | 

 D6add4
e----------------7h9--(9)p7-|
b---------------------------|
g---------------------------|
d---------------------------|
a---------------------------|
e---------------------------|
 you.__________  Oo,

 Cmaj7                               D6add4   
e-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
b-7h9-------------------------------|-7------------------------|  
g-----------------------------------|--------------------------| Guitar 3 out
d-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
a-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
e-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
 life has a fun-ny, fun-ny way__________    of helping you out,_

 Cmaj7
| ______  helping you |         (Guitar 1 to tab)

                                        Free Time + getting quieter grad. 
e-0---0--0----0--0---0--0--0---0---0--|-3---3---3---3----|-3---3---3----|
b-0---0--0----0--0---0--0--0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0------0---0---0----|
g-0---0--0----0--0---0--0--0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0----|-0---0---0----|
d-2---2--2----2--2---2--2--2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2------2---2---2----|
a-3---3--3----3--3---3--3--3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3----|-3---3---3----|
e-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  out.

Written Out by The Loan Arranger    c9609436@alinga.newcastle.edu.au
12/11/96

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