Starkid – Box Of Chocolates (Guitar)

E                      E7                       A
   My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates,

      F#7   B                  E
you never know what you gonna get

            E                         E/G#
My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump, people call me Forrest Gump

      A                     B
Hey! Would you like a chocolate?

    E                           D
My mama was right, this box is just like life

   C7              B7    E
I wonder what you gonna get

E                        E/G#
Maybe you’ll be a college football star

      A           B
Or a Vietnam veteran

      E                       D
Or a ping-pong champion, a shrimp boat captain

    C7           B7      E
A cross-country running man

               E               E/G#
You could get milk chocolate, dark chocolate,

A             B
   chocolate bar, chocolate

  E               E/G#            A             B
White chocolate, black chocolate,   skinny and fat chocolate

 E               D             C#m          C
Rich chocolate, poor chocolate, gimme some more chocolate

B                          A     E
  You never know what you gonna get

   E                               E/G#
I been across the country seen all walks of life

        A                                B
didn’t always know which chocolate was wrong or right

      E                         D
It’s hard tell what’s in that chocolate shell

         C7          B7               E
The only way to find out is to take a bite

      A7                      E
Cause I wasn’t born with the biggest brain

       A7                      E
But my mama loved me just the same “yes, she did”

   A                         G#7       C#m
So I did my best, sure as my name’s Forrest

F#m             B
Forrest Gump, that is my name

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My mama said,          my mama said,

           A           Am
she said stupid is as stupid does

      E                  C#7      F#m                      B
And that’s just fine and dandy, so pass that chocolate candy

               E               E/G#
You could get milk chocolate, dark chocolate,

A             B
   chocolate bar, chocolate

 E             E/G#            A           B
Boy chocolate, girl chocolate,   vanilla swirl chocolate

 E                E/G#             A            B
German chocolate, french chocolate,   I’m on a bench chocolate

  E              E/G#            A             B
This chocolate, that chocolate,     doggy and cat chocolate

 E                E/G#             A              B
Dollar chocolate, penny chocolate,   Forrest and Jenny chocolate

E                E/G#             A             B
  Woman chocolate, man chocolate,   lieutenant Dan chocolate

 F#m              B               E             C#m
Peace chocolate, war chocolate, shut the front door chocolate

F#m              B             C#m            C#7
Mama chocolate, son chocolate, run, Forrest, run chocolate

F#m                  C
You never know, you never know

           F#m       G#m   B                  E
You never,      ever     know what you gonna get