{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1853573,"song":"Footlights","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1853573-footlights-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1853573?type=chord","rating":4.99853,"votes":117,"content":"Footlights\r\n\r\nWritten and recorded by Merle Haggard\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard 440\r\nDifficulty: easy\r\nBeginner\r\n\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI live the kinda life  most men only dream of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI make my livin' writin' songs  and singin' them[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to go when it's over[/tab]\r\n                          \r\nBut I'll hide my age and make the stage \r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd try to kick the footlights out again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI throw my old guitar across the stage and then my bass-man takes the ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D7[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the crowd goes nearly wild to see my guitar nearly fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter twenty years of pickin' we're still alive and kickin' down the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D7[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight I'll kick the footlights out and walk away without a curtain call[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTonight I'll kick the footlights out again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd try to hide the mood I'm really in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd put on my old instamatic grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight I'll kick the footlights out again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI live the kinda life  most men only dream of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI make my livin' writin' songs  and singin' them[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to go when it's over[/tab]\r\n                          \r\nBut I'll hide my age and make the stage \r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd try to kick the footlights out again [/tab]","plain_text":"Footlights\n\nWritten and recorded by Merle Haggard\n\nTuning: Standard 440\nDifficulty: easy\nBeginner\n\n \n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n                          \nBut I'll hide my age and make the stage \n\n\n\n[Verse 2] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n                          \nBut I'll hide my age and make the stage","chords":["G","C","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}