Highway Star
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
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G

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G
Nobody gonna take my car
Bb C Bb
I''m gonna race it to the ground
G
Nobody gonna beat my car
Bb C Bb
It''s gonna break the speed of sound
F (F E Eb)
Ooh, it''s a killing machine, it''s got everything
D
Like a driving power, big fat tyres and everything

Am
I love it and I need it, I feed it

Yeah, it''s a wild hurricane
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All right, hold tight, I''m a highway star

C Bb

G (Verse 2)
Nobody gonna take my girl
I''m gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend
Ooh, she''s a killing machine
She got everything
Like a moving mouth
Body control and everything

I love her and I need her, I seed her
Yeah, she turns me on
Alright, hold tight, I''m a highway star

(Keyboard solo)...

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D D F G A C C D (C D C D)

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G (Verse 3)
Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that I''m on the road again
Ooh I''m in heaven again
I got everything
Like a moving ground
An open road and everything

I love it and I need it, I feed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright, hold tight, I''m a highway star

(Guitar solo) D A ...

C B

G (Verse 4)
Nobody gonna take my car
I''m gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It''s gonna break the speed of sound
Ooh, it''s a killing machine
It''s got everything
Like a driving power
Big fat tyres and everything

I love it and I need it, I bleed it
Yeah, it''s a mad hurricane

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Alright, hold tight, I''m a highway star
C D F G A C D F G A
I''m a highway star, I''m a highway star