Footlights chords by Merle Haggard

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