Highway Star
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
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 feed it
Yeah, it's a wild hurricane
All right, hold tight, I'm a highway star
(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)...
(4 X)
( )
(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) ...
(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
...
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star, I'm a highway star
Maybe I'm A Leo
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
(riff)
Peeping round the door, I got a big surprise
Couldn't see a thing, but open skies
They've taken her away, where is she now
Wish that she was here, I wish she'd hold my hand
Maybe she would laugh, maybe understand
Why was I so cruel, where is she now
Guitar solo:
Organ solo:
Riff
Acting like a fool, I had to make her cry
Maybe I'm a Leo, but I ain't a lion
I'm hurting oh so bad, I want her now
Riff (second guitar solo)
Pictures Of Home
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
Somebody's shouting up at a mountain
Only my own words return
Nobody's up there, it's a deception
When will I ever learn
I'm alone here
With emptiness eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And whispering pictures of home
Riff
Wondering blindly how can they find me
Maybe they don't even know
My body is shaking, anticipating
The call of the black footed crow
I'm alone here
With emptiness, eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And taunting with pictures of home
Guitar solo:
Here in this prison of my own making
Year after day I have grown
Into a hero but there's no worship
Where have they hidden my thrown
I'm alone here
With emptiness, eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And screaming out pictures of home
Organ solo:
Bass solo:
Riff
Never Before
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
Somebody, somebody, come to my side
I'm tired, I'm crying, I'm sick inside
My woman, that woman, just wasn't right
Help me now please my friend
I ne-ver felt so bad be-fore
Never never before
So funny, so funny, just like a show
One name, two people, all in a row
Somebody, somebody, someone must go
Help me now please my friend
I never felt so bad before
Never never before
I was hurt when I was younger
By a woman who was cold
She took my name, she took my body
Then she threw away my soul
Guitar solo:
I can't hide, I can't hide my misery
I know my sorrow won't set me free
She did it, just see, she did it to me
Help me now please my friend
I never felt so bad before
Never never before
Piano solo:
(drums) .
Smoke On The Water
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
Riff (notes): (6 X)
1.(guitar) 2. 3.(+organ & hi-hat) 4.(+drums) 5.(+bass) 6.
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
Riff (2 X)
(Verse 2)
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out of ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
Swiss time was running on
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
Riff (2 X)
Guitar solo
Riff (2 X)
(Verse 3)
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty, cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights, a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know, I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
Riff (4 X) + organ solo (without guitar riff)
Lazy
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
You're lazy, you just stay in bed
You're lazy, just stay in bed
You don't want no money, you don't want no bread
If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
You don't want to live, don't want to cry no more
Well, my trying ain't done no good
I said, my trying ain't done no good
You don't make no effort, no not like you should
Lazy, you just stay in bed
Lazy, just stay in bed
You don't want no money, you don't want no brea
Space Truckin'
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
From "Machine Head" 1972.
(4 X)
Well, we had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
We're meeting all the groovy people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Bore-alice
We're space truckin' round the the stars
Come on, come on, come on
Let's go Space truckin'
Come on, come on, come on
Space truckin'
Remember when we did the moonshot
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral moonstomp
And every naut would dance and sway
We got music in our solar system
We're space truckin' round the stars
Come on, come on, come on
Let's go space truckin'
Come on, come on, come on
Space truckin'
The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we got a new machine
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, the freaks said
Man those cats can really swing
They got music in the solar system
They rock around the Milky Way
They're dancing 'round with Borealice
They're Space truckin' everyday
Come on, come on, come on
Let's go space truckin'
Come on, come on, come on
Space Truckin'
Guitar solo/drum solo: (? X)
Come on, come on, come on
Let's go space truckin'
Come on, come on, come on
Space Truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Space truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Space truckin'
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