Footlights
Recorded by Cody Johnson
Album: Single (2026)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
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(Verse 1)
I (C)live the kinda life (F) that most men on-(C)ly dream of
I (C)make my livin' (G)writin' songs and sing-(C)in' them

(Verse 2)
Now (C)I'm thirty-eight years old
And I ain't (F)got no place to go (C) when it's over
So I (C)hide my age, and I hit the stage to-(G)night
And try to kick the footlights out (C) again

(Pre-Chorus)
I (C)throw my old guitar
Across the (F)stage and watch my bass man take the (C)ball
And the (C)crowd goes near-(G)ly wild to see my guitar nearly (C) fall
And after (C)twenty years of pickinf, you know I'm (F)still alive, still kickin' in the (C)walls
But to-(C)night, I'll kick the footlights out and I'll (G) walk away without a curtain (C)call

(Chorus)
Yeah, to-(F)night, I'll kick the footlights out again
And I'll (F) try to hide the mood I'm really (C)in
I might not (C)put on that old Instamatic (G)grin
Yeah, to-(G)night, I'll kick the footlights out a-(C)gain, and again and again, boys

(Instrumental)
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|(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(F) / / / |

(Verse 1)
I (C)live the kinda life (F) that most men on-(C)ly dr„uam of
I (C)make my livin' (G)writin' songs and singin' (C) them

(Verse 2)
Now (C)I'm thirty-eight y„uars old
And I ain't (F)got no place to go (C) when it's over
So I (C)hide my age, and I hit the stage to-(G)night
And (G)try to kick the footlights out a-(C)gain

(Outro.)
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