Tom: C#m
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My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates,
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you never know what you gonna get
[Verse 1]
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My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump, people call me Forrest Gump
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Hey! Would you like a chocolate?
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My mama was right, this box is just like life
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I wonder what you gonna get
[Verse 2]
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Maybe you’ll be a college football star
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Or a Vietnam veteran
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Or a ping-pong champion, a shrimp boat captain
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A cross-country running man
[Chorus 1]
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You could get milk chocolate, dark chocolate,
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chocolate bar, chocolate
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White chocolate, black chocolate, skinny and fat chocolate
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Rich chocolate, poor chocolate, gimme some more chocolate
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You never know what you gonna get
[Verse 3]
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I been across the country seen all walks of life
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didn’t always know which chocolate was wrong or right
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It’s hard tell what’s in that chocolate shell
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The only way to find out is to take a bite
(over the spoken phrase)
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“I’m not a smart man, but I know what truffle is”
[Bridge]
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Cause I wasn’t born with the biggest brain
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But my mama loved me just the same “yes, she did”
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So I did my best, sure as my name’s Forrest
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Forrest Gump, that is my name
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My mama said, my mama said,
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she said stupid is as stupid does
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And that’s just fine and dandy, so pass that chocolate candy
[Chorus 2]
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You could get milk chocolate, dark chocolate,
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chocolate bar, chocolate
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Boy chocolate, girl chocolate, vanilla swirl chocolate
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German chocolate, french chocolate, I’m on a bench chocolate
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This chocolate, that chocolate, doggy and cat chocolate
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Dollar chocolate, penny chocolate, Forrest and Jenny chocolate
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Woman chocolate, man chocolate, lieutenant Dan chocolate
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Peace chocolate, war chocolate, shut the front door chocolate
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Mama chocolate, son chocolate, run, Forrest, run chocolate
[Outro]
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You never know, you never know
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You never, ever know what you gonna get
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