Chords with lyrics
Footlights
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
Tuning: Standard 440
Difficulty: easy
Beginner
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
I live the kinda life most men only dream of
D7D7 G+G
I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
C majorC G+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
D7D7 G+G
And try to kick the footlights out again
Verse 2:
C majorC G+G
I throw my old guitar across the stage and then my bass-man takes the ball
D7D7 G+G
And the crowd goes nearly wild to see my guitar nearly fall
C majorC G+G
After twenty years of pickin' we're still alive and kickin' down the wall
D7D7 G+G
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out and walk away without a curtain call
Chorus:
C majorC
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
G+G
And try to hide the mood I'm really in
D7D7
And put on my old instamatic grin
G+G
Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC G+G
I live the kinda life most men only dream of
D7D7 G+G
I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
C majorC G+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
D7D7 G+G