Capo
2
Intro:
Bm – Am – C – D – G (x2)
G Am C D
G
1. Violet mountains leave me crying, see my
pickup truck a-flyin’
2. I think I’ll go back to Purple Valley, Purple
Valley of my song
G
Am
C D G
1. Compromise, it’s making me wise to the state
of mind I’m in
2. I think I’ll jump into the river, and wind
these hills alone
G Am C D G
1. Substitution makes me wonder, what it is I’m
really tryin’ to do
2. I think I’ll stop trying to get myself
approved
G Am C
D G
1. Think I’ll stop searching; what I hope for
might come true
2. Well, I don’t want to be lonesome, I want to
make that one man’s final move
<CHORUS>
Am G
What’s gonna happen to
the old times
Am G
Its relevance is
relatively wrong
Bm C
What’s gonna happen to
the old times
G D G
When the new times
come along
<BREAK VERSE>