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Bread - It Don’t Matter to Me Chords

ChordsD, A, C, Gm7, G, A7, F, Cm7, Fm7, Dm7
Strumming↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

  • Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
  • Guitar A chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-2-0Guitar A chord diagram
  • Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram
  • Guitar Gm7 chord diagram Fingering: 3-x-3-3-3-x Barre at fret 3.Guitar Gm7 chord diagram
  • Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram
  • Guitar A7 chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-0-2-0Guitar A7 chord diagram
  • Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram
  • Guitar Cm7 chord diagram Fingering: x-3-1-3-4-xGuitar Cm7 chord diagram
  • Guitar Fm7 chord diagram Fingering: 1-x-1-1-1-x Barre at fret 1.Guitar Fm7 chord diagram
  • Guitar Dm7 chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar Dm7 chord diagram


[D]It don’t matter to me
[A]If you really feel that
[C]You need sometime to be free
[Gm7]Time to go out searching [D]for yourself
[A]Hoping to find [G] [D]time to go to [A7]find [A]


[D]And it don’t matter to me
[A]If you take up with some[C]one who’s better than me
[Gm7]’Cause your happiness [D]is all i want
[A]For you to [G]find [D]peace your piece of [F]mind
[Cm7]Lotta people have [Fm7]an ego hang-up
‘Cause they want to [Cm7]be the only [Fm7]one


[Cm7]How many came befor[Fm7]e it really doesn’t matter
Just as [Cm7]long as you’re the [Fm7]last
[Dm7]Everybody’s[Gm7]moving on and try to find out
What’s been [Dm7]missing in the past [Gm7]


[D]And it don’t matter to me
[A]If your searching brings you [C]back together with me
[Gm7]’Cause there’ll always be
An [D]empty room [A]waiting for you [G]
An [D]open heart [A]w iting for you [G]
[D]Time is on my [F]side [A]


‘Cause it don’t [D]matter to me [A]
[C]It don’t matter to me [Gm7]
[D]It don’t matter to me [A]
[C]It don’t matter to me [Gm7]


[D]It don’t matter to [A]me
[C]It don’t matter to me [Gm7]


‘Cause there’ll always be
An [D]empty room waiting [A]for you [G]
An [D]open heart waiting [A]for you [G]
[D]Time is on my [F]side [A]
It don’t [D]matter to me

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ArtistBread
AlbumBread
GenresRock
Year1969
KeyD

How to play It Don’t Matter to Me on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Bread - It Don’t Matter to Me on guitar requires 10 chords and 14 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

It Don’t Matter to Me uses these transitions most often: D → A (12), Gm7 → D (7), and A → C (6). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with D - A chord transition.

1. D → A chord transition

To move from D to A;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 3 to fret 2.
D to A

2. A → C chord transition

To move from A to C;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 3.
A to C

3. C → Gm7 chord transition

To move from C to Gm7;

  1. While playing C, lift your index finger from B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 3.
C to Gm7

4. Gm7 → D chord transition

To move from Gm7 to D;

  1. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 3 to B string fret 3.
  3. Place index finger on G string fret 2.
Gm7 to D

5. A → G chord transition

To move from A to G;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.

6. G → D chord transition

To move from G to D;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

7. D → A7 chord transition

To move from D to A7;

  1. While playing D, lift your ring finger from B string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to B string fret 2.

8. A7 → A chord transition

To move from A7 to A;

  1. Keep index finger on D string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from B string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Place ring finger on B string fret 2.

9. D → F chord transition

To move from D to F;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.

10. F → Cm7 chord transition

To move from F to Cm7;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to A string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from D string fret 3 to B string fret 4.

11. Cm7 → Fm7 chord transition

To move from Cm7 to Fm7;

  1. While playing Cm7, first lift your index finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 1.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 3 to D string fret 1.

12. Fm7 → Dm7 chord transition

To move from Fm7 to Dm7;

  1. While playing Fm7, lift your ring finger from D string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Place index finger on B string fret 1.

13. Dm7 → Gm7 chord transition

To move from Dm7 to Gm7;

  1. While playing Dm7, lift your index finger from B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
  3. Place ring finger on D string fret 3.

14. F → A chord transition

To move from F to A;

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to B string fret 2.

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in It Don’t Matter to Me.

  • It Don’t Matter to Me includes 65 chord transitions, 14 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • It Don’t Matter to Me contains 2 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how It Don’t Matter to Me connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After D, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (29%), A (17%), and Em (17%).
    • D → A: 17%
    • D → F: 2%
    After A, the most likely next chords across Chordier are D (29%), G (13%), and E (12%).
    • A → D: 29%
    • A → G: 13%