Chords for How to Play Forest Hills Drive Intro by J Cole

_ _ Forest Hills Drive by J.
Cole.
The very first song on there is the intro.
_ That song [Db] has been requested by quite a few people.
[D] That song has, I believe, five [Gm] chords altogether.
_ Let me play it for you real quick.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ So with that, we start with the left hand.
Left hand's gonna [G] play G, _ [D] D, _ A. _ _
_ [Ebm] I always say this in all my tutorials,
I have really [B] big hands, so I can reach far notes
so if [D] _
you can't do that, just stick with [G] the G
and you'll be fine.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ Second chord is going to be [A] A,
_ or if you want to, A and E.
_ _ _ Third chord, B [Bb] flat _ and [F] F. _ _ _
[Bb] So far we [D] have, _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
now, accompanied with those three chords, _
your right hand is going to be playing _ B flat,
B flat, _ _ D, _ F, [Dm]
A.
That's with the first chord. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Second chord _ [Eb] is gonna [A] be A, [Am] C, E, _ G. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Third chord is the same chord as the first chord,
which is gonna [Bb] be the B flat, _ D, F, [Dm] A.
Only difference is that on your left hand,
you're gonna be playing that B flat [Bb] and F.
_ _ _ So far you have, [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ after here,
fourth chord is gonna be [Db] going right back down to [Am] this A,
_ which is the same as the second chord. _ _ _
_ _ And half the time throughout the song, _
_ you just hold this A, _ _ _
and then you start [Gm] right back to the original,
to the first chord.
_ But I [G] believe every other time you repeat,
you go [Am] from this A _ to _ [Dm] _ the _ D [A] chord.
So your [D] left hand is gonna play D or D, [A] A, _ E. _ _ _
[E] And then your right hand is gonna play [F] F, A, C, [Am] E.
_ _ So all together, right now we [Gm] have, _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] as far as the chords are concerned,
that's everything you need to know.
As far as the runs,
there [Db] are a lot of different runs in the [A] song. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] That's probably the [A] main piano one that you hear in there.
[G] _ _ _ That just goes F, [C] G, C, _ [Bbm] B flat, [A] A,
_ _ back down [G] to G, [C] and then you repeat.
_ _ [A] _ _
[Db] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
[Bbm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ And then _ there's _ _ [Eb] one run
that happens only one [Db] time in the song,
but it's a little more advanced.
It's pretty fast, I think it goes.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ And then there's that part _ right _ _ [F] after this beat. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] That's when he's [Db] saying free from pain,
free from all that other stuff.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F] Pretty much just stays [Dm] between [Dbm] the F.
_ [F] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] Now I know I'm [Db] kind of rambling right here on the keys,
and I'm not giving you all the notes,
but that's just because there are so many
different little variations here and there.
[D] But just real quick for [F] this, _
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] it goes _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
F, [C] E, F, _ C, _ [B] _ D, _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ C, _ [A]
G, _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] D, _ C, [Am] _
A, _ [A] G, [F] _ F, [C]
G.
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] I just learned this earlier today,
so bear with me.
But it goes, _
_ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] but that's pretty much [D] the entire song right there.
That's [Db] everything you need to know.
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