[Intro]

Cmaj7           Gmaj7/D           Cmaj7             Cadd9*
      Hey yay yay,      yah ha ha,      ay yeah, hi


[Verse 1]

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An old  man turned ninety-eight
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He won the lottery and died the next day
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It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
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It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
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And isn't it ironic ... don't you think


[Chorus]

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It's like ra-aaiin on your wedding day
            D  G             D       Em
It's a free ride when you've already paid
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It's the good advice that you just didn't take
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And who would've thought ... it figures


[Verse 2]

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Mr. Play It Safe  was afraid to fly
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He packed his suit-case and kissed his kids goodbye
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He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
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And as the plane crashed down he thought
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"Well, isn't this nice ..."
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And isn't it ironic ... don't you think


[Chorus]

             D  G          D       Em
It's like ra-aaiin 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                               Gmaj7/D
Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's okay
    Cmaj7                 Gmaj7/D
And everything's going right
    Cmaj7                                Gmaj7/D
And life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong
    Cmaj7                         Cadd9*
And everything blows up in your face


[Verse 3]

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A traffic jam when you're already late
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A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
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It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
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It's meeting the man of my dreams
            D/F#               Em
And then meeting his beautiful wife ... hmm

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And isn't it ironic ... don't you think
             D/F#   G               D/F#           Em
A little too ironic ... and yeah, I really do think ...


[Chorus]

             D  G         D       Em
It's like ra-aiin 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    Gmaj7/D

          Cmaj7                                  Gmaj7/D
And yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
    Cmaj7                     Gmaj7/D
And life has a funny, funny way
                Cmaj7             Cmaj7
Of helping you out, helping you out