From - www.myguitartabs.com
tabbed by CYBERIA ealing 7
Artist: Alanis Morissette
Album: Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Unplugged
Song: Ironic
Notes: If there are spacing errors... That's because
I didn't type all this up on a
PC or Mac! Requires a minimum of 2 guitars. Guitar 1
plays the intro rhythm where required and the sections where the
chords are shown above the lyrics. Guitar 2 handles all the rhythm
figures and adds the boost in the song by accompanying Guitar 1
with some of the chords in the chorus sections. Ideally, Guitar 1
should be acoustic and Guitar 2 should have a switch between a soft
neck postion sound and distortion.
The chords in verse 1 are to be
played really softly and smoothly,
almost sweep picking the strings. In verse 3, Guitar 1 plays the
chords shown, but this time adding a lot of palm muting between
chord changes (listen to the track). Later on in verse 3, on the
part where "And isn't it ironic... etc..." is sung, Guitar 1
arpeggiates the chords instead of just strumming the chords (again,
listen to the track).
Tablature explanation:
2^4 Hammer on from 2 to 4
4^2 Pull off from 4 to 2
2/4 Slide up from 2 to 4
4\2 Slide down from 4 to 2
2'(4) Bend up a whole step from 2 to 4
(4)`2 Release bend a whole step from 4 to 2
2~~~ Vibrato on 2
2^^^ Heavy vibrato/Tremelo vibrato on 2
+2 Tap on 2
2- Release tap off 2
+2/4 Tap 2 and slide up to 4
+4\2 Tap 4 and slide down to 2
Suggested chords: F# 244322
B 224442
G#m 466444
Intro 1:
This is played during the bit
where Alanis sings "hi hi hi, la la
la, hi hi"
E| 7 7
7 7 7 7 9 9 9 | 9 9 9
7 7 7 7 7 7
B| O O
O O O O O O O | O O O
O O O O O O
G| 8 8
8 8 8 8 9 9 9 | 9 9 9
9 9 9 9 9 9
D| 9 9
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 | 9 9 9
9 9 9 9 9 9
A|
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E|
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Intro 2:
E| 7 6
|
B|
7 |
G|
|
D|
9~~~ |
A|
|
E|
|
F# B F#
G#m
Verse 1: An old man turned ninety-eight
F# B F#
G#m
He won the
lottery and died the next day
F# B F#
G#m
It's a black
fly in your chardonnay
F# B
F# G#m
It's a death
row pardon two minutes to late
F# B
F# G#m
And isn't it
ironic... Don't you think?
F# B F#
G#m
Chorus: It's 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
G#m
F#
And who would have
thought... It figures?
Rhythm Fig 1:
E|
|
B| 2^4 2 2 4
|
G| 4
1~~~ |
D|
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A|
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E|
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Rhythm Fig 2:
E|
|
B| 2^4 2 2~~~~~~~~~~ |
G| 4
|
D|
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A|
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E|
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Rhythm Fig 3:
E| 2^4 2 2~~~~~~~~~~ |
B| 4
|
G|
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D|
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A|
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E|
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Rhythm Fig 4:
E| 9 7
|
B| 7/9 9\7 7~~~~~~~ |
G|
|
D|
|
A|
|
E|
|
F# B
F# G#m
(Rhy Fig 1)
Verse 2: Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly
F# B
F# G#m (Rhy Fig 2)
He packed his suitcase
and kissed his kids goodbye
F# B
F# G#m (Rhy Fig 3)
He waited his whole damn life just to take that flight
F# B
F# G#m
And as the plane crashed
down he thought, "well isn't this nice?"
F# B
F# G#m
(Rhy Fig 4)
And isn't it ironic...
Don't you think?
Chorus: (Repeat chorus as before)
Rhythm Fig 5:
E| 2^4 2
|
B| 2^4~~~~~~~~~~
|
G|
|
D|
|
A|
|
E|
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Rhythm Fig 6:
E| 9
7~~~~~~~~~ |
B| 7/9 9\7
|
G|
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D|
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A|
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E|
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Bridge: (Play the intro 1 rhythm throughout this part)
Well life has a funny way of
sneaking up on you
(Rhy Fig 5) When you think
everything is okay and everything's going right
(Rhy Fig 6)
And life has a funny way of
helping you out when you think
Everything's gone wrong and
everything blows up in your face
(Intro 2 rhy)
Rhythm Fig 7:
E|
|
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B| 7
|
|
G| 6 8~~~~~~~~~~~ |
6 8
|
D|
| 9~~~~~~~~`~~
|
A|
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E|
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Verse 3: (Play Rhy Fig 7 throughout)
F#
B
F# G#m
A traffic jam when you
are already late
F# B
F# G#m
A no-smoking sign on your
cigarette break
F# B
F# G#m
It's like ten thousand
spoons when all you need is a knife
(No instruments on these
last two lines)
It's like meeting the man
of my dreams
And then meeting his
beautiful wife
(Bongo drums Fill-in)
F# B
F# G#m
And isn't it ironic...
Don't you think?
F# B
F# G#m
A little too
ironic... And yeah I really do think...
Chorus: (Repeat chorus as before)
Coda: (Play the intro 1 rhythm throughout this part)
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you
out... Helping you out
(Cymbals and ending on guitars)
(I suggest you end on the intro 2 rhythm
s-l-o-w-l-y)