Alanis Morissette – Ironic (Guitar Tab)

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From the album `Jagged little pill' Transcribed by Louis Visscher. This tablature would not have come about without the help of Jeff Elkins. He transcribed the chord-version with a capo at the 4th fret. I use his chords in this transcription. He distinguishes 3 guitars. I also would like to thank Evan C. Parker for his initial transcription of this song, just like Shawn Maschino and Maarten Klaassen. My tab is for 1 guitar only. For the other guitar parts, look at Jeff's tab! In verse 2, a clean guitar plays the tab, a clean guitar strums the chords, and a semi-distorted guitar plays a few riffs. I have incorporated those riffs in the tab, in such away that one guitar can play both the tab and the riffs. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chords. Capo on 4th fret! Numbers are relative to capo. Intro, verses and bridge Chorus F#/A#: 2x023x F#: x00232 (D-shape) B2: 3x020x B: 320033 (G-shape) G#m: 0x00xx G#m: 022000 (Em-shape) Emaj7: x32003 A: 133211 (F-shape) x32033 E: 032010 (C-shape) F#6add4: x54005 (Not sure about name. Maybe Bmaj7/F#add9?) F#6add4add13: x54007 (Not sure about name. Maybe Bmaj7/F#?. In this transcription, I call this chord F#@) [Intro] (clean guitar):
                          e|--3-----2--------------------|
                          B|--------------3--------------|
                          G|---------------------0-----2-|
Emaj7    F#6add4  Emaj7   D|-----0-----0-----------------|
                          A|--3-----3-----3--------------|
                          E|-----------------------------|
"   Hey-ey, hey,..." etc etc
[Verse 1] (chord progression: | F#/A# B2 | F#/A# G#m | etc. Clean guitar)
   + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------0---------|-3---------------|-3--3--3---------|----3------------|
G|-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2---2-2---------|-2-----0---------|
D|-0---------------|-------0-------0-|-----------------|-0-----0---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
An old   man        turned 98. He won the lottery, and   died the next day

   + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-3-----0---------|-3---------------|-----------------|----3------------|
G|-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|
D|-----------------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay. It's a death row pardon 2 minutes too 
late.

   + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----3--------3---|---3-------------|
G|-2-----2---2---2-|-2-----0---------|
D|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
Isn't it ironic...don't you think?
[Chorus] (Overdriven guitar): F# B F# G#m Its 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 E F# And who would have thought...it figures VERSE 2 (clean) Guitar 2 strums the chords in the usual progression.
   + . + . + . + .  | + . + . + . +. | + . + . + . + .  | + . + . + .  +  .   |
e|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
B|----3--0----0-----|----0-----------|----3--0----------|----0--------0-------|
G|-2-----2---2--2-0-|-2-----0--------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---2-----2-0-|
D|-0----------------|-0-----0--------|-0----------------|-0-----0-------------|
A|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
E|-2-----3----------|-2-----0--------|-2-----3----------|-2-----0-------------|
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly.   suitcase and       kids goodbye. He 
                     He packed his    kissed his           waited his

  + . + . + . + .|  + . + . +  .  +  .   | + . + . + .  + .  |  + . + . + .+. 
|----------------|---------------0-------|-------------------|----------------|
|----3--0--------|-----0-------3-----3-0-|----3--0-----------|-----0----------|
|-2-----2--------|--2-----0--------------|-2-----2-----------|--2-----0-------|
|-0--------------|--0-----0--------------|-0-----------------|--0-----0-------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-2-----3--------|--2-----0--------------|-2-----3-----------|--2-----0-------|
 whole damn life just to take that..      plane crashed down   isn't this
                   ..flight. And as the   he thought "well       nice..."

                 +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .  | + . + . + . + . |
e|-------------------5-3h5-|-----------------|
B|-----3----0-----0h3------|----0------------|
G|-2--------2--------------|-2-----0---------|
D|-0-----------------------|-0---------------|
A|-------------------------|-------0---------|
E|-2--------3--------------|-2-----0---------|
And isn't it ironic.... don't you think?
[Chorus] (distortion) [Bridge] (clean) Emaj7 Well life has a funny way F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4 of sneaking up on you when you think everything is okay and Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4 everything is going right Emaj7 And life has a funny way F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4 of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong and Emaj7 everything blows up in your face
e|--3--2--------|
B|--------3-----|
G|-----------0--|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
[Verse 3] A clean guitar strums the chords in the normal progression, and throughout the verse, keybords play something like this:
e|-------------|--------------|
B|---3--0~~~~--|---0----------|
G|-2-----------|-2----0~~~~---|
D|-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|--------------|
E|-------------|--------------|
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..
   + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + .  | + . + . + . + . |
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2p0--|-----------------|
B|----3-----3------|----3-----3------|----3--3--3-----3-|----3------------|
G|-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---------|
D|-0-----0---------|-0-----2---------|-0----------------|-0-----0---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3----------|-2-----0---------|
 ironic....don't you think    a little too ironic..and yeah I really do think
[Chorus] (distortion) [Outro] (clean) Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4 Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4 Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you Emaj7 F#6add4 F#@ F#6add4 Emaj7 Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out Emaj7 Emaj7 Helping you out ****************************** | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | ~ Vibrato ******************************