Highway Star 1
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
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