[% META title='Deep Purple Tablature' nonav = 1 nofullmenu = 1 %]<H2>Highway
Star</H2>
<H3>(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)</H3>
<H4>From &quot;Machine Head&quot; 1972.</H4>

<pre><font face="Courier">G F C F G F C F

G

C Bb

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
  C   D      C    D      C   D  F   G   A
  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)...

D     F G F  (4 X)

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

D C A Ab G F D C


C Bb

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

  ...      C    D      C   D  F   G   A
  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</font></pre>