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<H2>Highway Star</H2>

<H3>(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)</H3>

<h4>From "Machine Head", 1972</h4>



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      <h4>Song:</h4><PRE><font face="Courier">Ab                                                 Gb   Db

Nobody gonna take my car  I'm gonna race it to the ground

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Nobody gonna beat my  car it's gonna break the speed of sound

Gb   Ooh it's a killing machine  it't got everything

Eb

   Like a driwing power big fat tires everything

Bbm7         Bbm7            Bbm7         Bbm7

    I love it   and I need it   I bleed it 

Bbm7

  Yeah it's a wild hurricane

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Alright  hold tight I'm a  highway star</font></PRE>Nobody gonna take my girl I'm 

      gonna keep her to the end<BR>Nobody gonna have my girl she stays close on 

      every bend<BR>Ooh she's a killing machine she's got everything<BR>Like a 

      moving mouth, body control and everything

      <P>I Love her, I need her, I seed her<BR>Yeah she turns me on<BR>Alright 

      hold tight I'm a highway star

      <P>Nobody gonna take my head I got speed inside my brain<BR>Nobody gonna 

      steal my head now that I'm on the road again<BR>Ooh I'm in heaven again 

      I'v got everything<BR>Like a moving ground, throttle control and 

everything

      <P>I love it, I need it, I seed it<BR>Eight cylinders all mine<BR><PRE><font face="Courier">DbEb    Db   Eb     E   EbGb  Ab  Bb   E   EbGb  Ab  Bb   E   EbGb Ab   Bb

Alright hold tight  I'm a highway star I'm a highway star I'm a highway star</font></PRE>

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      Transcription: <a href="mailto:rauta@lk-hp-11.hut.fi">Tapio A Ranta-aho</a></P>