Chords for Things That Matter

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_ Sometimes he lets that boss get in his head. _ _ _ _ _
_ He can't see past that mountain, _ the deadlines on his desk.
_ _ Five o'clock, he's the last one out of the gate. _ _ _
And he gets cut off, flipped off, ticked off, _ out on the _ interstate.
_ [Db] And he wonders why this world won't leave him [Eb] _ alone. _ _ _
_ [Db] Till he hears that little voice holler, Daddy's home.
Things [Bbm] that matter, _ _ _ _ things [Ab] that _ don't. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She's held on to that _ grudge all her _ _ life.
_ _ And thirty years of anger _ since her dad walked out that night.
_ She thinks of all the moments that he's missed.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] All the birthdays, _ ballets, first dates.
It seems too much to forget.
_ _ She [Db] gets that call that said he don't [Eb] have long.
_ _ _ She [Db] walks in, he starts crying, the past is gone.
_ [Bbm] Things that matter, _ _ _ things [Ab] that _ don't. _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Time _ _ [Db] ain't on our side.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ Don't wanna leave this world [Db] with him.
Why didn't I?
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Yeah, why [Ab] [Eb] didn't I? _ _
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_ _ [Ab] Sometimes I take on this world by myself. _ _ _ _
_ Thinking I got all the answers.
Don't need _ anybody's help.
_ [Db] When God was right there waiting for me all [Eb] _ _ along. _ _
_ _ [Db] To fall down on my knees and surrender all.
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