Chords
What Matters Most

Key: C

Introduction:

                 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