What Mattered Most chords by Ty Herndon

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
I thought I knew  (C major) the girl so well
F 
C 
 (F major) She was sad, I couldn't  (C major) tell
I missed the point, I missed the signs
F 
C 
 (F major) So if she's gone the fault is mine  (C major) 
Dm 
C 
I  (D minor) know, I know a whole lot little things  (C major) 
Dm 
C 
And  (D minor) even though I could list them one by  (C major) one
G 
She would still be  (G major) gone

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Chorus 1

Her eyes are blue, her hair is long

In sixty- four she was born in Baton Rouge

Her favorite song is “In My Life"

I memorized her every move

I knew her books, her car, her clothes

But I paid no attention

to what mattered most

Verse 2
C 
I never asked  (C major) she never said
F 
C 
 (F major) And when she cried I turned  (C major) my head
She dreamed her dreams
behind closed doors
F 
C 
 (F major) That made them easy to ignore  (C major) 
Dm 
I  (D minor) know, I know
C 
I missed the forest for the trees  (C major) 
Dm 
And all I  (D minor) have to show
C 
Oh, when she walked out the door  (C major) 
G 
The cold facts and nothing more  (G major) 

Chorus 2
C 
Em 
Her eyes are blue  (C major) her hair is long  (E minor) 
F 
G 
C 
In sixty- four  (F major) she was born  (G major) in Baton Rouge  (C major) 
Em 
F 
Her favorite song  (E minor) is “In My Li (F major) fe"
G 
Am 
I memorized  (G major) her every move  (A minor) 
G 
F 
I knew her books,  (G major) her car, her  (F major) clothes
C 
Em 
F 
But I  (C major) paid  (E minor) no   atten (F major) tion
G 
F 
C 
to what  (G major) mattered most  (F major)  (C major) 

Chorus 3
C 
Em 
Her eyes are blue  (C major) her hair is long  (E minor) 
F 
G 
C 
In sixty- four  (F major) she was born  (G major) in Baton Rouge  (C major) 
Em 
F 
Her father‘s tall,  (E minor) her mother‘s gone  (F major) 
G 
C 
She moved out west  (G major) when she was two  (C major) 
Em 
F 
The way she laughed,  (E minor) the way she loved  (F major) 
G 
Oh my God,  (G major) what did I do