What Matters Most Chords
by Craig Morgan
What Matters Most by Craig Morgan is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Am, G, C/G, C/E and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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 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
C F
She says they don't understand what it stands for -----