ARTIST: MATTHEW SWEET
SONG: WHAT MATTERS
TABBED BY: DANIEL CUELLAR
KEY: A MAJOR (A B C# D E F# G#)

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TUNING: STANDARD
(E-A-D-G-B-E)


CHORDS
E--2---0--2--0---0-----0--
B--2---2--3--0---2-----0--
G--2---2--2--1---2-----1--
D--4---2--0--2---2-----2--
A--4---0-----2---4-----2--
E--2---------0---------4--
  F#m (244222@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)E (022100@1)A/C# (042220@1)E/G# (143121@4)
INTRO

D, D, E, A/C#
D, D, E, A/C#


VERSE 1

F#m (244222@1)         AIn (x02220@1)my mind I can't imagine
F#m (244222@1)              AHow (x02220@1)the world has come to me
    F#m (244222@1)          AAnd (x02220@1)in my heart I can't detach
     F#m (244222@1)            AThe (x02220@1)feeling that it couldn't be


PRE-CHORUS 1

    D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)no, I don't want to kiss you
 E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)   A/C# (042220@1)EDon't (022100@1)want to miss you if you go away
      D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)           AI'll (x02220@1)fake it don't want to make it
 E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)   A/C# (042220@1)F#mDon't (244222@1)want to feel another way


CHORUS

                DOnce (xx0232@1)you had a love and you let it go
          E (022100@1)     F#mNow (244222@1)you know what matters
                 DOnce (xx0232@1)you had a dream that you realized
           E (022100@1)       F#mBut (244222@1)do you know what matters


VERSE 2

 F#m (244222@1)                     ACause (x02220@1)you're alone in the sense that I am
F#m (244222@1)               ABut (x02220@1)you know we're not alone
    F#m (244222@1)              AAnd (x02220@1)we aren't perfect nothing is
    F#m (244222@1)         ABut (x02220@1)try to understand


PRE-CHORUS 2

             D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)       AThe (x02220@1)moment leaves you without a vision
 E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)   A/C#Can't (042220@1)see decisions being made
   E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)         AI (x02220@1)can describe the picture I'm painting
D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)     F#mIt's (244222@1)not amazing when you know


CHORUS

                DOnce (xx0232@1)you had a love and you let it go
          E (022100@1)     F#mNow (244222@1)you know what matters
                 DOnce (xx0232@1)you had a dream that you realized
           E (022100@1)       F#mBut (244222@1)do you know what matters



BRIDGE

    D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)     A/C# (042220@1)  E/G#To (143121@4)leave your feelings in the past
 D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)   A/C# (042220@1)      F#m (244222@1)     E/G# (143121@4)    DPart (xx0232@1)of it is to know you can't go back for free


SOLO

D, D, A/C#, A/C#
D, D, A/C#, A/C#
E/G#, E


PRE-CHORUS 3

    D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)no, I don't want to kiss you
 E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)   A/C# (042220@1)EDon't (022100@1)want to miss you if you go away
      D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)           AI'll (x02220@1)fake it don't want to make it
 E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)   A/C# (042220@1)F#mDon't (244222@1)want to feel another way


CHORUS

                DOnce (xx0232@1)you had a love and you let it go
          E (022100@1)     F#mNow (244222@1)you know what matters
                 DOnce (xx0232@1)you had a dream that you realized
           E (022100@1)       F#mBut (244222@1)do you know what matters


BRIDGE

    D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)     A/C# (042220@1)  ETo (022100@1)leave your feelings in the past
 D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)      A/C# (042220@1)   F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)       DPart (xx0232@1)of it is to know you can't go back for free


OUTRO

What matters...