Box Of Chocolates

E                      E7        
   My mama always said life was 
               A
like a box of chocolates,
      F#7   B                  E
you never know what you gonna get

[Verse 1]
            E                    
My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump, 
     E/G#
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus 1]
               E               
You could get milk chocolate, dark 
E/G#
chocolate,
A             B
   chocolate bar, chocolate
  E               E/G#            
White chocolate, black chocolate, 
A             B
  skinny and fat chocolate
 E               D             
Rich chocolate, poor chocolate,
C#m          C
 gimme some more chocolate
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B                          A     E
  You never know what you gonna get

[Verse 3]
   E                               
I been across the country seen all 
E/G#
walks of life
        A                          
didn’t always know which chocolate 
      B
was wrong or right
      E                      
It’s hard tell what’s in that 
   D
chocolate shell
         C7          B7           
The only way to find out is to 
    E
take a bite

(over the spoken phrase)

  E               E/G#            

A             B

“I’m not a smart man, but I know 
what truffle is”

[Bridge]
      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  
So I did my best, sure as my 
     C#m
name’s Forrest
F#m             B
Forrest Gump, that is my name

   A     G#m F#m G#m       A 
My mama said,          my 
G#m F#m G#m
mama said,
           A           Am
she said stupid is as stupid does
      E                  C#7      
And that’s just fine and dandy, so
F#m                      B
 pass that chocolate candy

[Chorus 2]
               E               
You could get milk chocolate, dark 
E/G#
chocolate,
A             B
   chocolate bar, chocolate
 E             E/G#            A 
Boy chocolate, girl chocolate,   
          B
vanilla swirl chocolate
 E                E/G#             
German chocolate, french chocolate,
A            B
   I’m on a bench chocolate
  E              E/G#            
This chocolate, that chocolate,  
A             B
   doggy and cat chocolate

 E                E/G#             
Dollar chocolate, penny chocolate, 
A              B
  Forrest and Jenny chocolate
E                E/G#             
  Woman chocolate, man chocolate, 
A             B
  lieutenant Dan chocolate
 F#m              B               
Peace chocolate, war chocolate, 
E             C#m
shut the front door chocolate
F#m              B             
Mama chocolate, son chocolate, 
C#m            C#7
run, Forrest, run chocolate

[Otro]
F#m                  C
You never know, you never know
           F#m       G#m   B     
You never,      ever     know 
             E
what you gonna get

E  F#m  G#m   F#m   G#m  B