Footlights chords by Merle Haggard

Footlights

Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

Tuning: Standard 440
Difficulty: easy
Beginner


Verse 1:

G           C       G
I live the kinda life most men only dream of
             D7         G
I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
                    C              G
But I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to go when it's over

But I'll hide my age and make the stage
  D7               G
And try to kick the footlights out again


Verse 2:

                C                  G
I throw my old guitar across the stage and then my bass-man takes the ball
             D7              G
And the crowd goes nearly wild to see my guitar nearly fall
                  C                G
After twenty years of pickin' we're still alive and kickin' down the wall
                     D7             G
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out and walk away without a curtain call


Chorus:

 C
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
                  G
And try to hide the mood I'm really in
               D7
And put on my old instamatic grin
                   G
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again


Verse 3:

G           C       G
I live the kinda life most men only dream of
             D7         G
I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
                    C              G
But I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to go when it's over

But I'll hide my age and make the stage
  D7               G