Footlights Chords by Merle Haggard

[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C]
[Bb] I live the kind of life [Eb] that most men [Bb] only dream of
I _ _ _ _ make my [F] living writing songs [C] _ [F] _ _
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 [F] stage and try to kick the footlights [Bb] out again
_ I _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb]
throw my old guitar across the [Eb] stage and then my bass man [Bb] takes the ball
And _ _ _ the crowd goes [F] nearly wild _ to see my guitar [Bb] nearly fall _ _ _ _ _
After 20 years of picking, [Eb] we're still alive and kicking down [Bb] the wall
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 [Cm] try to hide the [Eb] mood [Bb] I'm really in
And put on my old enstomatic [F] grin, _ _ tonight I'll kick the footlights [Bb] out again
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [F] _ I _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
live the kind of life [Eb] _ that most men [Bb] only dream of
I _ _ _ make my [F] living writing songs _ _ and [Bb] singing them _ _ _ _ _
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 footlights [Bb] out again
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