Merle Haggard – Footlights (Guitar)

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Written and recorded by Merle Haggard 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
And try to kick the footlights out again