Intro: G C9 (x2)
Verse 1:
G
They wouldn't let him play the Opry
C9
With whiskey on his breath
G
And it didn't take'em long
C9
To figure out what they missed
G
He went down that lost highway
C9
Underneath that purple sky
Am D G
A legend disappeared before his time
C9 G C9
Things change (change)
Verse 2:
They said he was the devil
Dressed in gold leme
The way he shook his hips
Up there on the stage
But before that fateful day
He left Tennessee
All of them were calling him "the king"
Things change (things change)
Verse 3:
Well they like to call them hippies
Outlaws with guitars
But they brought a little poetry
To the honky tonks and bars
They might've got a little too crazy
They might have flown a little too high
Somewhere somebody's playing their songs tonight
Things change
G C9
Don't you know they change (things change)
Instrumental break: F Am Bb D
Verse 4:
Now some say it's too country
Some say it's too rock'n'roll
But it's just good music
If you can feel it in your soul
And it doesn't really matter
It's always been the same
Life goes on, things change
(Things change)
Outro: G C9 (repeat to fade with vocal ad-lib)
Chords:
G = 320033 or 320003
C9 = x32033 or x32030
Am = x02210
D = xx0232
Bb = x13331(bar chord) or xx3331
F = 133211(bar chord) or xx3211