Footlights

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