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<H2>Highway Star</H2>
<H3>(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)</H3>
<H4>From "Machine Head", 1972</H4>

<pre><font face="Courier">G      C      Bb     F5     D
#      #      #      #      2
#      #      #      #      3
#      #      #      #      2
#      5      3      #      0
5      3      1      3      #
3      #      #      1      #

intro
G5   Fsus2/G  C/G    Fsus2/G    G5   Fsus2/G    G5     G5
-3------1-------0-------1-------3-------1--------3------3---
-3------1-------1-------1-------3-------1--------3------3---
-0------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0------0---
-5------3-------2-------3-------5-------3--------5------0---
------------------------------------------------------------
-3------3-------3-------3-------3-------3--------3------3---

12bars
G7                                                        C  Bb

riff 1
Bb   C   Bb
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-----------
-3---5---3-
-3---5---3-
---5---5---
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verses 
   G5                                                (riff 1)
(1)nobodys gonna take my car im gonna race it to the ground
(2)nobodys gonna take my girl im gonna keep her till the end
(3)nobodys gonna take my hand i got speed inside my brain

nobodys gonna beat my car its gonna break the speed of sound
nobodys gonna have my girl she stays close on every bend
nobobys gonna steal my hand no that im on the road again

F5
oh its a killing machine its got   everything -------
oh shes a killing machine shes got everything -------
oh im in heaven again i got        everything -------
                                              -3-2-1-
                                              -------
                                              -------
D
like drivin power big fat tyres and       everything
like a moving mouth body control and      everything
like a moving ground throttle control and everything

chorus
Am7
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-------------5-
-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-
-0-0-0-0-0-0---
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i love it i need it i bleed it it a wild hurricane
i love her i need her i seed her she turns me on 
i love it i need it i seed it eight cylinders all mine

C     D     C     D     C     D    F    G    A
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-----------------------------------3----5----7-
-3--0-5-----3---0-5-----3---0-5--------------0-
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al    right hold  tight im    a    high way  star</font></pre>

<P><a title="jgleeson@bigpond.net.au" href="mailto:jgleeson@bigpond.net.au">Jillian
Gleeson</a></P>