WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Ben Folds - What Matters Most Chords | Ver. 1
[INTRO]
C F/G C F/G
C F/G C G/B
Am F/E Am F/E
Am F/E Am C/G
F
G G/A G/B
[VERSE 1]
C F/G C F/G C F/G C G/B Am
I could not see the haze back in the day
F/E Am F/E Am F/E Am
When we lived inside of it
C/G F G
Now I'm floating away
Am G/B C F/G C F/G C F/G
And haunting the halls night and day
C Em Em/B Em Em/B Em
Out in some storage space out on the highway
Em/B F G C/G G C/G G C/G
Fifteen years tossed in boxes
[CHORUS 1]
F G E/G# Am
Topped with old bills, phones, pictures and trash
Bb F Em
All the dramas and memories attached
F
Now I'm wondering
F/G C
What matters most?
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
C F/G C F/G
C F/G C
[VERSE 2]
C F/G C F/G C F/G C G
A true friend is someone who
Am F/A Am F/A Am F/A Am
When you are with them
C/G F G
You know what matters most
Am G/B C
Oh, but that door slams so tight
Am Em
With you and our time trapped behind it
F G
Now you're floating away
[CHORUS 2]
F G E/G# Am
But in these days of overwhelming change
Bb F Em
I just want to know what I want
F G E/G# Am
Becausе I only seem to know what I don't
F
With so little time
F/G C
What matters most?
Am
Mmmmmm
C/G F
Tеll me what
F/G C
What matters most?
Am
Mmmmmm
[BRIDGE]
Am C/E Am C/E Am Dm
G C/G G C/G G Em7
Am C/E Am C/E Am Dm
G C/G G C/G G C/G G C
F C/E Dm
Bb F/A Gm G
[VERSE 3]
C F/G C
I keep going for the phone
F/G C F/G C G/B Am F/A Am F/A Am
To send you a note with the news
F/A Am F
And I'm thinking "man, you won't believe this"
G C F/G C F/G C
You're gone
[CHORUS 3/OUTRO]
C F G E/G# Am
Sorting through photos of fake smiles and photos of real ones
Bb F Em
Now I'm throwing the whole lot in the bin
F
Just got a glimpse
F/G C
Of what matters most
G/B Am
Mmmmmmmmmm
C/G F
Tell me what
F/G C
What matters most?
G/B Am
Mmmmmmmmm
Bb F/A Gm G
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