Intro: (x2) Verse 1: They wouldn't let him play the Opry With whiskey on his breath And it didn't take'em long To figure out what they missed He went down that lost highway Underneath that purple sky A legend disappeared before his time 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 Don't you know they change (things change) Instrumental break: 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: (repeat to fade with vocal ad-lib) Chords: = 320033 or 320003 = x32033 or x32030 = x02210 = xx0232 = x13331(bar chord) or xx3331 = 133211(bar chord) or xx3211