Song Title: Ironic
Artist: Alanis Morissette
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IRONIC - ALANIS MORISSETTE
Bass tablature
Transcribed by Louis Visscher
Notation legend: h = hammer on; \ = slide down; / = slide up
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INTRO: no bass
Hey-ey, hey,..." etc etc
VERSE 1: no bass
An old man turned ninety-eight.
He won the lottery, and died the next day.
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay.
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late.
Isn't it ironic...don't you think?
CHORUS:
It's like rai-
Fig. 1
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-ai-ain on your wedding day It's a free
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ride that you've already paid. It's the good ad-
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-vice that you just didn't take. And
End fig.1
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who would have thought.... it figures.
VERSE 2: repeat Fig.2, and sometimes play the notes between ()
Fig.2 End Fig.2
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Mr. Play It Safe.................. was afraid to fly. He packed his
suitcase and kissed his........... kids goodbye. He waited his
whole damn life just to........... take that flight. And as the
plane crashed down he thought "Well isn't this nice..." And isn't it I-
ronic?..... don't you
last bar of verse 2:
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think? It's like rai-ai--
CHORUS: play Fig.1, but replace the last bar by:
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it figures.
BRIDGE:
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Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's
okay and
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everything's going right. And
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life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's
gone wrong and
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everything blows up in your face.
VERSE 3: repeat Fig.3
Fig.3 End Fig.3
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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 I-
ronic.................don't you think?............. A little too I-
ronic, .................and yeah I really do think it's like rai-ai-
CHORUS: play Fig.1, but replace last bar by:
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figures
OUTRO
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And you-ou-ou
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Life has a funny way of you-ou-ou Ooh-ooh
sneaking up on
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life has a funny, funny way of helping you
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out... helping you out
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Submitted by: Louis Visscher (Visscher@alg.frg.eur.nl)
Artist: Alanis Morissette
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