Ben Folds – What Matters Most (Guitar)

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[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