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  Fm7   Gm7   Abmaj7 
e|8-----10------11----| 
B|x-----x-------x-----| 
G|8-----10------12----| 
D|6-----8-------10----| 
A|8-----10------11----| 
E|--------------------| 

(Here is the picking pattern Forrest uses throughout the song.) 

e|---8---8-------10---10--------11-----11-----11---11-| 
B|----------------------------------------------------| 
G|--8---8------10-------------12-----12-----12--------| 
D|-6---6------8------8------10-----10-----10-----10---| 
A|8---------10------------11--------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------| 

Intro: 
Fm7 Gm7 Dmaj7 Dmaj7 x2 

Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Mmm-mm-m-   mmm-mm-mm 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Mmm-mm-m-   mmm-mm-mm 
  N.C. 


Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Oooh-oh     Oooh-oooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh (Yeah) 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta- (Okay) 


     Fm7            Gm7 
Got a laundry list full of you hm- 
Abmaj7 
When you were younger did you picture it like this 
     Fm7               Gm7 
Life is still on a mission to steal bliss 
Abmaj7 
Practice your jumper just to pull up and then miss 
  Fm7        Gm7          Abmaj7 
I know that times get hard (So hard) 

Just take it slow, 
   Fm7   Gm7 
be easy with your heart 
N.C. 
'Cause this a new start 


Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Oooh-oh     Oooh-oooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh (Yeah) 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta- (Okay) 


      N.C.                    Gm7 
Brand new to the game, not an expert 
    Abmaj7 
I'm still trying to figure out how checks work 
   Fm7                             Gm7 
My friends trying to figure out my net worth 
    Abmaj7 
And I'm figured by God so I guess dirt 
Fm7                        Gm7 
Riding real slow watch the city lights pass 
Abmaj7 
Me and all my friends know this feeling gon' last 
Fm7                          Gm7 
We ain't gotta worry how you get it like that 
        Abmaj7          N.C. 
How you get it like that 

Get it, get it like that 

 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Oooh-oh     Oooh-oooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh 
  Abmaj7 
  You ain't even gotta try 
Fm7     Gm7          Abmaj7 
  Ooh-ooh (Yeah) 
  Abmaj7               N.C. 
  You ain't even gotta try