It Doesn't Matter Chords

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It Doesn't Matter by Alison Krauss is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Bbadd9, C, G and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			INTRO 
 
 
Dm              
 It doesn't matter what I want, 
                         Bbadd9 
It doesn't matter what I need. 
Dm 
 It doesn't matter if I cry, 
                  Bbadd9  
Don't matter if I bleed. 
 
 
C 
You've been on a roll, 
                                     Dm      Bbadd9   C    Dm 
Don't know where it goes or where it leads, 
 
 
 
Dm         
It doesn't matter what I want, 
                         Bbadd9 
It doesn't matter what I need. 
Dm                    
 If you've made up your mind to go, 
                   Bbadd9 
I won't beg you to stay. 
 
 
C       
 You've been in a cage, 
                              Dm    Bbadd9   C    Dm  
Throw you to the wind you fly away. 
 
 
Dm    Bbadd9   Dm   Bbadd9    C         Dm   Bbadd9   C   Dm  
INSTRUMENTAL 
 
 
Dm 
 It doesn't matter what I want, 
                         Bbadd9 
It doesn't matter what I need. 
G 
 It doesn't matter if I cry, 
                  Dm 
Don't matter if I bleed. 
 
 
C 
Feel the sting of tears, 
                                   Dm     Bb    C    Dm 
Falling on this face you loved for it. 
 
 
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Picking pattern for Intro and verse (steel string acoustic) 
Follow these patterns or similar for each chord whenever it occurs. 
 
   Dm       Dm       Bbadd9     Bbadd9     
 
E--------5--------5-----5----------5------- 
B-----6--6-----6--6----6----6-----6----6---   Repeat until 
G----7---7----7---7---5----5-5---5----5-5--   chord change to C 
D---7--------7-------8----8-----8----8-----   then see below.  
A--5--------5------------------------------   
E------------------------------------------ 
 
   C  
E---------- 
B--------8- 
G----------  Repeat this pattern while in C 
D-----10---  until chord changes back to Dm. 
A---10-----     
E--8------- 
 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante