C                               F
No, it ain't about the place he's been living for the past 8 months
       C                                     F
And it ain't about the badges on his uniform
       C                             F
And it ain't about the oil like they say it is in the news
             C                                      C
You'll never hear him say "It don't matter anymore"

[Chorus]
                         C                F
'Cause what matters most is still at home
Am                         G                          F
Gathered 'round the table, barely, barely able to get through the day
                 C                               F
Without thinking 'bout him, and their life with- out him
   Am                 G                       F
So he makes sure that they know that he knows what matters most
 
C                                      F
She gets mad when someone talks bad a- bout the red, white and blue
         C                                    F
She says they don't understand what it stands for
        C                       C/G      F
Said if they spend just one day on their knees in her shoes
       C/E                                   F
They'd be a little appreciative, of that I'm sure

[Chorus]
                         C                F
'Cause what matters most is down the road
       Am                          G                            F
At the veterans cemetery where his best friends carried him and laid him down
                 C                         F
They think about him, and their life with- out him,
Am                  G               F
They make sure that everybody knows what matters most
 
                  C                F
What matters most is still at home
     Am                   G                             F    G
That little boy and girl, living in a world that's for- ever changed
                 C                         F
They think about him, and their life with- out him
Am                  Bm              F
They make sure that everybody knows
      Am               G                      F
Not a day goes by that they don't let it show what matters most
 

C                               G      F
She gets mad when someone talks bad a- bout the red, white and blue
         C                                    F
She says they don't understand what it stands for -----