Chords
What Matters Most

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
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                     C                                                                                 F  
No, it ain't about the place he's been living for the past 8 months
                  C                                                                                                 F  
And it ain't about the badges on his uniform
                  C                                                                            F  
And it ain't about the oil like they say it is in the news
                                  C  
You'll never hear him say "It don't matter anymore"
                                                                  C                                         F  
'Cause what matters most is still at home
Am                                                                 G                                                                    F  
Gathered 'round the table, barely, barely able to get through the day
                                             C                                                                                 F  
Without thinking 'bout him, and their life with- out him
        Am                                            G                                                            F  
So he makes sure that they know that he knows what matters most
C                                                                                                    F  
She gets mad when someone talks bad a- bout the red, white and blue
                        C                                                                                              F  
She says they don't understand what it stands for
                     C                                                            C/G              F  
Said if they spend just one day on their knees in her shoes
                  C/E                                                                                            F  
They'd be a little appreciative, of that I'm sure
                                                                  C                                         F  
'Cause what matters most is down the road
                  Am                                                                    G                                                                         F  
At the veterans cemetery where his best friends carried him and laid him down
                                             C                                                                 F  
They think about him, and their life with- out him,
Am                                              G                                      F  
They make sure that everybody knows what matters most
                                                C                                         F  
What matters most is still at home
             Am                                                 G                                                                            F         G  
That little boy and girl, living in a world that's for- ever changed
                                             C                                                                 F  
They think about him, and their life with- out him
Am                                              Bm                                    F  
They make sure that everybody knows
                Am                                      G                                                         F  
Not a day goes by that they don't let it show what matters most
C                                                                                 G              F  
She gets mad when someone talks bad a- bout the red, white and blue