Исполнитель: Alanis Morissette Песня: Ironic

Ironic - Alanis Morissette


From the album, "Jagged Little Pill"


Words and music by Alanis Morissette


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[Laboriously typed up by Mardi Gras(TNT)]



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|                                 |
E|                                 |


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|                          |
A|                          |
E|                          |


Rhythm Fig 2:
E|                          |
B|  2^4    2   2~~~~~~~~~~  |
G|           4              |
D|                          |
A|                          |
E|                          |


Rhythm Fig 3:
E|  2^4    2   2~~~~~~~~~~  |
B|           4              |
G|                          |
D|                          |
A|                          |
E|                          |


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|                          |


Rhythm Fig 6:
E|       9      7~~~~~~~~~  |
B|  7/9    9\7              |
G|                          |
D|                          |
A|                          |
E|                          |








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|                          |                          |
B|        7                 |                          |
G|  6         8~~~~~~~~~~~  |  6     8                 |
D|                          |            9~~~~~~~~`~~  |
A|                          |                          |
E|                          |                          |





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)



That's about it for Ironic.  There is only so much that can be explained in words.  I suggest you just listen to the track.  The song itself is fairly easy and sounds great when played with a band.  I'm fairly sure that what I have tabbed out is accurate to the track on the album.  There may be small errors here and there, so corrections are all welcome.