THINGS THAT MATTER
Alan Jackson
Album: Where Have You Gone
Submitted by: Christopher R.
9/28/2021

Capo 1st Fret (to match recording)

Intro: (C) (F) (C) (F) x 2

(C) A little girl puts (F) on her skates, (C) sits down on the (F) porch and waits 
(C) And hopes her (F) daddy won't be (C) long (F)
(C) One more call, (F) one more meetin', (C) afternoon turns (F) into evenin'
(C) Still (F) he ain't made it (C) home
Things that (Dm) matter (G)
And things that (C) don't

(C) (F) (C) (F) 

Another place someone slams a door, says "I don't love you anymore"
Looks like another sleepless night
Tossin' turnin' on the couch, he wonders if they'll work it out
It's all about bein' happy or bein' right
Things that matter
And things that don't


  (C) (C/B) (Am) We only get so many (F) trips around the (C) sun 
  (C/B) (Am) Some things matter some things (F) don't
  It's (F/E) up to (Dm) you to choose which (G) ones

(C) (F) (C) (F) (C) (F) (C) (F) 

Repeat Bridge

So to(C)night as I (F) close my eyes
(C) I pray "Lord help me (F) realise"
(C) Something (G) I already (C) know
There's things (Dm) that matter (G)
And things that (C) don't

A little girl puts on her skates, sits down on the porch and waits
And hopes her daddy won't be long