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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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Isn´t it ironic ... don´t you think
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It´s like rain on your wedding day
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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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Who would´ve thought ... it figures
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Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
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He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
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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
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It´s like rain on your wedding day
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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
A E F#
Who would´ve thought ... it figures
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Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
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When you think everything´s okay and everything´s going right
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And life has a funny way of helping you out when
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You think everything´s gone wrong and everything blows up
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In your face
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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
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And then meeting his beautiful wife
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And isn´t it ironic ... don´t you think
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A little too ironic ... and yeah I really do think ...
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It´s like rain on your wedding day
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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
A E F#
Who would´ve thought ... it figures
Emaj7 F#
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
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Life has a funny, funny way --- of helping you out