What Matters Most

        C                        
No, it ain't about the place he's 
       F
been living for the past 8 months
       C                           
And it ain't about the badges on 
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his uniform
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And it ain't about the oil like 
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they say it is in the news
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You'll never hear him say "It don't
                 C
 matter anymore"

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'Cause what matters most is still 
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at home
Am                         G     
Gathered 'round the table, 
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barely, barely able to get through 
the day
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Without thinking 'bout him, and 
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their life with- out him
   Am                 G           
So he makes sure that they know 
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that he knows what matters most

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C                                 
She gets mad when someone talks 
     F
bad a- bout the red, white and blue
         C                         
She says they don't understand what
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 it stands for
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Said if they spend just one day 
C/G      F
on their knees in her shoes
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They'd be a little appreciative, of
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 that I'm sure

[Chorus]
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'Cause what matters most is down 
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the road
       Am                          
At the veterans cemetery where his 
G                            F
best friends carried him and laid 
him down
                 C                 
They think about him, and their 
        F
life with- out him,
Am                  G            
They make sure that everybody 
   F
knows what matters most

                  C                F
What matters most is still at home
     Am                   G       
That little boy and girl, living 
                      F    G
in a world that's for- ever changed
                 C                 
They think about him, and their 
        F
life with- out him
Am                  Bm           
They make sure that everybody 
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knows
      Am               G          
Not a day goes by that they don't 
            F
let it show what matters most


C                               G
She gets mad when someone talks 
      F
bad a- bout the red, white and blue
         C                         
She says they don't understand what
           F
 it stands for -----