Chords for Merle Haggard - Footlights

[Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Cm] [Bb] I live the kind of life _ [Eb] _
that most men [Bb] only dream of. _ _ _
_ _ I make my living [F] writing songs _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] and singing them. _
_ _ _ _ But I'm 41 years old and [Eb] I ain't got no place to go.
[Bb] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hide my age and make the [F] stage.
Try to kick the footlights [Bb] out of being. _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] I throw my old guitar [Eb] across the stage and then the bass [Bb] man takes the ball. _
_ _ _ _ And the crowd [F] goes nearly wild to _ see my guitar [Bb] nearly fall.
_ _ _ _ After 20 years of kicking, [Eb] I'm still alive and kicking [Bb] down some walls.
_ _ Tonight _ we'll kick the footlights [F] out and walk away [Bb] without a curtain call.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Tonight we'll kick the footlights out again and try to hide the mood [Bb] we're in.
_ _ I'd not put on our old [F] instrumental grand.
_ _ Tonight we'll kick the footlights [Bb] out again.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] I [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] live _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] the kind of life _ [Eb] _ that most men [Bb] only dream. _
I _ [Eb] _ [Bb] make my living [F] writing these songs _ _ _ _ [Bb] and sending them down to Hank Jr.
_ _ _ _ But I'm 41 years old [Eb] and I ain't got no place to go.
[Bb] When it's over, _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] [Bb] tonight we'll kick the footlights [F] out and walk away without a [Bb] curtain call. _ _
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[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Ebm] _
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