Two different versions......
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):
|--3-----2--------------------|
|--------------3--------------|
|---------------------0-----2-|
Emaj7 F#6add4 Emaj7 |-----0-----0-----------------|
|--3-----3-----3--------------|
|-----------------------------|
" Hey-ey, hey,..." etc etc
VERSE 1 (chord progression: | F#/A# B2 | F#/A# G#m | etc. Clean guitar)
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0---------|-3---------------|-3--3--3---------|----3------------|
|-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2---2-2---------|-2-----0---------|
|-0---------------|-------0-------0-|-----------------|-0-----0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
An old man turned 98. He won the lottery, and died the next day
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----0---------|-3---------------|-----------------|----3------------|
|-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|
|-----------------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-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.
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|----3--------3---|---3-------------|
|-2-----2---2---2-|-2-----0---------|
|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-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.
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . +. | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|----3--0----0-----|----0-----------|----3--0----------|----0--------0-------|
|-2-----2---2--2-0-|-2-----0--------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---2-----2-0-|
|-0----------------|-0-----0--------|-0----------------|-0-----0-------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-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..."
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-------------------5-3h5-|-----------------|
|-----3----0-----0h3------|----0------------|
|-2--------2--------------|-2-----0---------|
|-0-----------------------|-0---------------|
|-------------------------|-------0---------|
|-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
|--3--2--------|
|--------3-----|
|-----------0--|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
VERSE 3
A clean guitar strums the chords in the normal progression, and throughout the
verse, keybords play something like this:
|-------------|--------------|
|---3--0~~~~--|---0----------|
|-2-----------|-2----0~~~~---|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
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..
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2p0--|-----------------|
|----3-----3------|----3-----3------|----3--3--3-----3-|----3------------|
|-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---------|
|-0-----0---------|-0-----2---------|-0----------------|-0-----0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-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
Guitar 1 (Capo 4)
w/fingers, let ring throughout
C7M
E S S E E E E S E.
E||--3----------------------------------3-L--------3----3---|
B||--0---0------------------------------0-L--0--L--0----0---|
G||--0---0------------------------------0-L--0--L--0----0---|
D||------------------------------------------2--L--2--2-----|
A||--3---------------------------------------------3--3-----|
E||---------------------------------------------------------|
D6add11 C7M
E. S E E S S E S E. E. S E E E E S E.
--5-------5-L-------5------5---|--3---3-L--3--L--3--------|
--0-------0-L--0--L-0------0---|--0---0-L--0--L--0----0---|
--0-------0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0---|--0---0-L--0--L--0----0---|
----------4-L--4--L---4--4-----|-----------2--L-----2-----|
--5-------------------5--------|--3-----------------3-----|
-------------------------------|--------------------------|
Cadd9 D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E S S E E E Q E Q E E H Q E E H
--3----2-L-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
------------3-----L----------|----------3-----L--------|--3----L---------------|
------------0-----L--0-------|--2-------2-----L--------|--2----L--0---L--------|
-----0-----------------------|----------0-----L--------|--0----L--0---L--------|
--3----3-L--3-----L-------0--|--0----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------------|----------3-----L--------|--2----L--0---L--------|
keep playing last four chords!!
E. S E E H E. S E E H
---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
--3-------------------------------3----3--L--------|------3-L--------------|
--2-------------------------------2----2--L--------|--2--------0--L--------|
--0------------------------------------0--L--------|-----------0--L--------|
---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
--2------------------------------------3--L--------|--2--------0--L--------|
E. S E E H Q E E H E. S E E H
-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
--3--------3--L--------|--3----L--------------|--3---3----3--L--------|
--2---2----2--L--------|--2----L--0--L--------|--2---2----2--L--------|
--0--------------------|--0----L--0--L--------|--0--------0--L--------|
-----------0--L--------|----------------------|-----------0--L--------|
--2--------3--L--------|--2----L--0--L--------|--2--------3--L--------|
E. S E E H E. S E E E E E E E. S E E Q Q
-----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
------3-L--------------|------3-L-----------3-----|------3-L---------------|
--2--------0--L--------|--2--------2--L--2--------|--2--------0--L----0----|
--0--------0--L--------|--0--------0--L--------0--|--0--------0--L----0----|
-----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
--2--------0--L--------|--2--------3--L-----------|--2--------0--L----0----|
D G D Em
E. S E E S S E S S E E. S E E S S E S S E
--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D G D Em
E. S E E S S E S S E E. S E E S S E S S E
--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D G D Em
E. S E E S S E S S E E. S E E S S E S S E
--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
F C D Dsus4
E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E S S E S S S S
--1--1-1-1--0--L--0--0--0-0-|--2--2-2-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
--1--1-1-1--1--L--1--1--1-1-|--3--3-3-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
--2--2-2-2--0--L--0--0--0-0-|--2--2-2-2-----2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
--3--3-3-3--2--L--2--2--2-2-|--0--0-0-0-----0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--3--3-3-3--3--L--3--3--3-3-|---------------------------------|
--1--1-1-1------------------|---------------------------------|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S E S S E
----------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3----3---L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0----2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
----------------------------------|------------2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S E S S E
----------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3----3---L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0----2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
----------------------------------|------------2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S E S S E
----------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3----3---L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0----2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
----------------------------------|------------2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S E S S E
----------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3----3---L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0----2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
----------------------------------|------------2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S E S S E
----------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3----3---L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0----2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
----------------------------------|------------2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D G D Em
E. S E E S S E S S E E. S E E S S E S S E
--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D G D Em
E. S E E S S E S S E E. S E E S S E S S E
--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D G D Em
E. S E E S S E S S E E. S E E S S E S S E
--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
F C D Dsus4
E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E S S E S S S S
--1--1-1-1--0--L--0--0--0-0-|--2--2-2-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
--1--1-1-1--1--L--1--1--1-1-|--3--3-3-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
--2--2-2-2--0--L--0--0--0-0-|--2--2-2-2-----2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
--3--3-3-3--2--L--2--2--2-2-|--0--0-0-0-----0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--3--3-3-3--3--L--3--3--3-3-|---------------------------------|
--1--1-1-1------------------|---------------------------------|
C7M D6add11
E S S E E S S E S S S S E. S S S E S S E S E S
--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|
--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|
--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|
--2---2-2-L--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|--4-------4-4-4-4--L-4-4--4-4--4-|
--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C7M D6add11
E S S E E S S E S S S S E. S S S E S S E S E S
--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|
--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|
--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|
--2---2-2-L--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|--4-------4-4-4-4--L-4-4--4-4--4-|
--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C7M D6add11
E S S E E S S E S S S S E. S S S E S S E S E S
--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|
--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|
--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|
--2---2-2-L--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|--4-------4-4-4-4--L-4-4--4-4--4-|
--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C7M
E S S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E E Q.
--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3---2-L---------------|
--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------3--L---------|
--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------------0------|
--2---2-2-L--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|------------------------|
--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|------------------------|
-------------------------------|------------------------|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S E S S E
----------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3----3---L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0----2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
----------------------------------|------------2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S E S S E
----------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3----3---L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0----2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
----------------------------------|------------2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E S S E S S E
----------------------------------|------------------------------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3----3---L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0----2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
----------------------------------|------------2---L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2----0---L-0-0--0-0-0--|
D/F# Gsus2 D/F# Em7
E. S E E S S E S S S S E. S E E H H
----------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
--3----3----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3----3-x---3--L--------|--L--------|
--2----2----2--2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2----2-x---0--L--------|--L--------|
--0----0----0--0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0----0-x---2--L--------|--L--------|
----------------------------------|---------x---2--L--------|--L--------|
--2----2----3--3-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--2----2-x---0--L--------|--L--------|
Q. E H E. S E E H E. S E E H
---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
--3------3--L--------|------3-L--------------|------3-L--------------|
--2------2--L--------|--2--------0--L--------|--2--------2--L--------|
--0------0--L--------|-----------0--L--------|--0--------0--L--------|
---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
--2------3--L--------|--2--------0--L--------|--2--------3--L--------|
D G
E. S E E Q E S S E. S E E S S E S S E
--------------------------|--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
------3-L----------3--3-3-|--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2--------0--L----0--0-0-|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0--------0--L----2--2-2-|--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
-------------------2--2-2-|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
--2--------0--L----0--0-0-|-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
D Em D G
E. S E E S S E S S E E. S E E S S E S S E
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
D Em D G
E. S E E S S E S S E E. S E E S S E S S E
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--3---3-L--3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|--0---0-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|
-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|-----------3--L-3-3--3-3-3--|
D Em F C
E. S E E S S E S S E E S S E E E E E S S
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--1--1-1-1--0--L--0--0--0-0-|
--3---3-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--1--1-1-1--1--L--1--1--1-1-|
--2---2-L--0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--2--2-2-2--0--L--0--0--0-0-|
--0---0-L--2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|--3--3-3-3--2--L--2--2--2-2-|
-----------2--L-2-2--2-2-2--|--3--3-3-3--3--L--3--3--3-3-|
-----------0--L-0-0--0-0-0--|--1--1-1-1------------------|
D Dsus4 C7M
E S S E E S S E S S S S E S S E E S S E S S S S
--2--2-2-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
--3--3-3-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--2--2-2-2-----2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--0--0-0-0-----0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--2---2-2-L--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
---------------------------------|--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D6add11 C7M
E. S S S E S S E S E S E S S E E S S E S S S S
--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--4-------4-4-4-4--L-4-4--4-4--4-|--2---2-2-L--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D6add11 C7M
E. S S S E S S E S E S E S S E E S S E S S S S
--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--4-------4-4-4-4--L-4-4--4-4--4-|--2---2-2-L--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D6add11 C7M
E. S S S E S S E S E S E S S E E S S E S S S S
--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--0-------0-0-0-0--L-0-0--0-0--0-|--0---0-0-L--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
--4-------4-4-4-4--L-4-4--4-4--4-|--2---2-2-L--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
--5-------5-5-5-5--L-5-5--5-5--5-|--3---3-3-L--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
free time
C7M C7M
E S S S S E E S S E E Q Q Q Q
--0---0-0-L-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--|--3----3---------3----3----|
--0---0-0-L-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--|--0----0---------0----0----|
--0---0-0-L-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--|--0----0---------0----0----|
--2-----2-L---2--2----2-2--2--|--2----2---------2----2----|
--3-----3-L---3--3----3-3--3--|--3----3---------3----3----|
------------------------------|---------------------------|
Q Q H
--3----3----3--------|-----------||
--0----0----0--------|-----------||
--0----0----0--------|-----------||
--2----2----2--------|-----------||
--3----3----3--------|-----------||
---------------------|-----------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down
- - - - - - - - - - - -
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):
|--3-----2--------------------|
|--------------3--------------|
|---------------------0-----2-|
Emaj7 F#6add4 Emaj7 |-----0-----0-----------------|
|--3-----3-----3--------------|
|-----------------------------|
" Hey-ey, hey,..." etc etc
VERSE 1 (chord progression: | F#/A# B2 | F#/A# G#m | etc. Clean guitar)
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------0---------|-3---------------|-3--3--3---------|----3------------|
|-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2---2-2---------|-2-----0---------|
|-0---------------|-------0-------0-|-----------------|-0-----0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-2-----0---------|
An old man turned 98. He won the lottery, and died the next day
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----0---------|-3---------------|-----------------|----3------------|
|-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|-2--2--2---------|-2-----0---------|
|-----------------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-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.
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|----3--------3---|---3-------------|
|-2-----2---2---2-|-2-----0---------|
|-0-----0---------|-0-----0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-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.
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . +. | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|----3--0----0-----|----0-----------|----3--0----------|----0--------0-------|
|-2-----2---2--2-0-|-2-----0--------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---2-----2-0-|
|-0----------------|-0-----0--------|-0----------------|-0-----0-------------|
|------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-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..."
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-------------------5-3h5-|-----------------|
|-----3----0-----0h3------|----0------------|
|-2--------2--------------|-2-----0---------|
|-0-----------------------|-0---------------|
|-------------------------|-------0---------|
|-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
|--3--2--------|
|--------3-----|
|-----------0--|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
VERSE 3
A clean guitar strums the chords in the normal progression, and throughout the
verse, keybords play something like this:
|-------------|--------------|
|---3--0~~~~--|---0----------|
|-2-----------|-2----0~~~~---|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
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..
+ . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . | + . + . + . + . |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2p0--|-----------------|
|----3-----3------|----3-----3------|----3--3--3-----3-|----3------------|
|-2-----2---------|-2-----0---------|-2-----2----------|-2-----0---------|
|-0-----0---------|-0-----2---------|-0----------------|-0-----0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-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
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cadd9 Dadd9 Dadd9* D/F# Gadd9 Em7 G Fm
-e|----3-----5------7-----0-----0----0---3---1-|
-B|----3-----5------5-----3-----3----3---3---1-|
-G|----0-----0------0-----2-----0----0---0---x-|
-D|----0-----0------0-----0-----0----2---0---3-|
-A|----3-----5------5-----x-----x----2---2---3-|
-E|----x-----x------x-----2-----3----0---3---1-|
cappo on 4th fret
[Intro]Cadd9 Dadd9 Cadd9 -e|-3-2------|
-B|-----3----|
-G|-------0--|
[verse1]
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
An old man turned ninety-eight
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
He won the lottery and died the next day
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
It's a black fly in your chardonnay
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
Isn't it ironic... don't you think
[chorus]
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's like rain on your wedding day
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's a free ride when you've already paid
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Fm Cadd9 D/F#
And who would've thought... it figures
[verse2]
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
And as the plane crashed down he thought, well isn't this nice
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
And Isn't this ironic ... don't you think?
[chorus]
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's like rain on your wedding day
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's a free ride when you've already paid
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Fm Cadd9 D/F#
And who would've thought... it figures
[bridge]
Cadd9 Dadd9
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9 Dadd9
When you think everything's ok and everythings going right
Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9 Dadd9
And yeah well life has a funny way of helping you out when
Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9
You think evertyhing's gone wrong and everthing blows up in your face
-e|-3-2------|
-B|-----3----|
-G|-------0--|
[verse3]
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
A traffic jam when you're already late
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
It's meeting the man of my dreams then meeting his beautiful wife
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
D/F# Gadd9 D/F# Em7
A little too ironic.. and yeah I really do think...
[chorus]
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's like rain on your wedding day
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's a free ride when you've already paid
D/F# G D/F# Em7
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Fm Cadd9 D/F#
And who would've thought... it figures
[outro]
Cadd9 Dadd9Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9 Dadd9Dadd9*Dadd9
Cadd9 Dadd9Dadd9*Dadd9 Cadd9 -e|-3-2------| Cadd9
-B|-----3----|
-G|-------0--|