Footlights Chords by Merle Haggard

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[Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ I [Bb] live the kind of life [Eb] that most [Bb] men only [F] dream of
I [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb]
make my [F] living writing songs _ _ _ and [Bb] singing them
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
But I'm 41 years old and [Eb] I ain't got no place to go [Bb] when it's over _ _ _ _
But I'll hide my age and make the stage [F] and try to kick the footlights out [Bb] again
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] I throw my old guitar [Eb] across the stage and then my bass man [Bb] takes the ball
And _ _ _ the crowd goes nearly [F] wild to _ see my guitar [Bb] nearly fall _ _ _ _ _
After 20 years of picking, [Eb] we're still alive and kicking [Bb] down the wall
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Tonight I'll kick the footlights [F] out and walk away without [Bb] a curtain call
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Tonight I'll kick the footlights out again
And try to [C] hide the mood [Bb] I'm really in
_ And put on my old enstomatic [F] grin
_ _ Tonight I'll kick the footlights [Bb] out again
[C] I _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
live the kind of life [Eb] that _ most men [Bb] only dream [F] of
I [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] make my living [F] writing songs _ and _ _
[Bb] singing them
_ _ _ _ [F]
[Bb] But I'm 41 years old and [Eb] I ain't got no place to go [Bb] when it's over
_ _ _ _ So I'll hide my age and make the stage [F] and try to kick the [Bb] footlights out again
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _