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Band: Deep Purple Album: Machine Head Tabbed By: Jack This is one of my all time favorites from Deep Purple I almost certain this is 100% correct ~=Vibrato ^=Bend (full step) =Bend (1/4 step) /=Slide x=mute (Palm Muted)=Whole section Palm muted =Just Part is palm muted
INTRO First Guitar: (Played Fast) E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-----| A augmentedA||----x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-----| E MajorE||----4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-----| (Played Fast) E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-----| A augmentedA||----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-----| E MajorE||----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| (Palm Muted) E MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------------| BB||--------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||--------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| A augmentedA||----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| E MajorE||----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------| (Palm Muted) Second Guitar: E MajorE||-----------------------------------| BB||----2--2--2--2----2--4-------------| G+G||----2--2--2--2----2--4-------------| D MajorD||----2--2--2--2----2--4--(x4)-------| A augmentedA||-----------------------------------| E MajorE||-----------------------------------|
Verse 1: No body gonna take my car___ E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----5--3----------------------------------------------| D MajorD||-----5--3-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------| A augmentedA||-----3--1-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------| E MajorE||--------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-------| (let ring) E MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------| BB||--------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----3--5--3---------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----3--5--3-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| A augmentedA||----1--3--1-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| E MajorE||----------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------| E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----3--5--3--------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----3--5--3-----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| A augmentedA||----1--3--1-----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| E MajorE||----------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------| BB||-----------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----10--9--8--7-----7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-----| A augmentedA||----8---7--6--5-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------| I love it, I need it, I bleed it E MajorE||-----------------------------------------| BB||----13----13----13----13-13-13----13-----| G+G||----12----12----12----12-12-12----12-----| D MajorD||----11----11----11----11-11-11----11-----| A augmentedA||----12----12----12----12-12-12----12-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------| Alright hold tight I'm a High-way Star________ E MajorE||---------------------------------------------| BB||---------------------------------------------| G+G||----5---7---5---7---5---7---10---12---14-----| D MajorD||----5---7---5---7---5---7---10---12---14-----| A augmentedA||----3---5---3---5---3---5---8----10---12-----| E MajorE||---------------------------------------------| Verse 2: No body gonna take my girl____ E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----5--3----------------------------------------------| D MajorD||-----5--3-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------| A augmentedA||-----3--1-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------| E MajorE||--------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-------| (let ring) E MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------| BB||--------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----3--5--3---------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----3--5--3-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| A augmentedA||----1--3--1-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| E MajorE||----------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------| E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----3--5--3--------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----3--5--3-----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| A augmentedA||----1--3--1-----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| E MajorE||----------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------| BB||-----------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----10--9--8--7-----7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-----| A augmentedA||----8---7--6--5-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------| I Love her, I need her, I seed her E MajorE||-----------------------------------------| BB||----13----13----13----13-13-13----13-----| G+G||----12----12----12----12-12-12----12-----| D MajorD||----11----11----11----11-11-11----11-----| A augmentedA||----12----12----12----12-12-12----12-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------| Alright hold tight I'm a Highway Star________ E MajorE||---------------------------------------------| BB||---------------------------------------------| G+G||----5---7---5---7---5---7---10---12---14-----| D MajorD||----5---7---5---7---5---7---10---12---14-----| A augmentedA||----3---5---3---5---3---5---8----10---12-----| E MajorE||---------------------------------------------| Verse 3(keyboard Solo): This is played during Keyboard Solo E MajorE||------------------------------------------------------------------| BB||------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||----5-5-5-5-(x4)--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-----4-4-4-4-----------| E MajorE||------------------5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3(x4)-2-2-2-2(x4)-------| (Palm Muted) E MajorE||----------------------------------------------------------------------------| BB||----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||----5-5-5-5-(x4)--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-----4-4-4-4-----3-3-3-3---------| E MajorE||------------------5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3(x4)-2-2-2-2(x4)-1-1-1-1(x8)-----| (Palm Muted) E MajorE||----------------------------------------------------------------------| BB||----------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-------5-7-5-----------------5-5---5-7------7-5-----------------------| D MajorD||----7--3-5—3(x4)-------3-5-7--------------------7-6-5--3---3----------| A augmentedA||----5---------------3-5---------------------------------------5-3-----| E MajorE||----------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 4: No body gonna take my head____ E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----5--3----------------------------------------------| D MajorD||-----5--3-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------| A augmentedA||-----3--1-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------| E MajorE||--------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-------| (let ring) E MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------| BB||--------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----3--5--3---------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----3--5--3-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| A augmentedA||----1--3--1-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| E MajorE||----------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------| E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----3--5--3--------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----3--5--3-----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| A augmentedA||----1--3--1-----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| E MajorE||----------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------| BB||-----------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----10--9--8--7-----7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-----| A augmentedA||----8---7--6--5-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------| I Love it, I need it, I seed it E MajorE||-----------------------------------------| BB||----13----13----13----13-13-13----13-----| G+G||----12----12----12----12-12-12----12-----| D MajorD||----11----11----11----11-11-11----11-----| A augmentedA||----12----12----12----12-12-12----12-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------| Alright hold tight I'm a Highway Star________ E MajorE||---------------------------------------------| BB||---------------------------------------------| G+G||----5---7---5---7---5---7---10---12---14-----| D MajorD||----5---7---5---7---5---7---10---12---14-----| A augmentedA||----3---5---3---5---3---5---8----10---12-----| E MajorE||---------------------------------------------| Solo: E MajorE||--------8^------8^---------8^-8-5----------------| BB||------6-------6----6~----6--------8-6---8-6~-----| G+G||----7-------7----------7--------------7----------| D MajorD||-------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||-------------------------------------------------|(x2) E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------| (Play Fast) E MajorE||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| BB||----8^-8^--8^-8^---8^-8-5-----------------------------------------------------------| G+G||--------------------------7-5---7-5----5/---5/-5/---5/-5/---5/-5/---5/-5/---5^------| D MajorD||------------------------------7-----7-----7-------7-------7-------7-------7---------| A augmentedA||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||------------8^-8-5----------8^-8-6----------10^-10-8--------------| BB||----8^-(x8)--------6---------------8-----------------8------------| G+G||---------------------7-(x2)----------7-(x2)------------9-(x2)-----| D MajorD||------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----5---6---7----8-------| BB||----8^--9^--10^--11^-----| G+G||-------------------------| D MajorD||-------------------------| A augmentedA||-------------------------| E MajorE||-------------------------| E MajorE||----8^-8-5-----8^-8-6-----8^-8^-8-6-----8^-8-6-----10^-10^-10-8-----10^-10-8---------| BB||-----------6----------8-------------8----------8----------------8------------8-------| G+G||-------------7----------7-------------7----------7----------------9-----------9------| D MajorD||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----5---6---7----8-------| BB||----8^--9^--10^--11^-----| G+G||-------------------------| D MajorD||-------------------------| A augmentedA||-------------------------| E MajorE||-------------------------| (This Part Of the solo is played Very Very Fast) E MajorE||----5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8-----| BB||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13-----| BB||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16-----| BB||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----0-0-0-17-0-0-0-16-0-0-0-15-0-0-0-14-0-0-0-13-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-11-0-0-0-10-----| BB||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8--5-7-8-8-----| BB||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13--10-12-13-13-----| BB||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16--13-15-16-16-----| BB||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----0-0-0-17-0-0-0-16-0-0-0-15-0-0-0-14-0-0-0-13-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-11-0-0-0-10-----| BB||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----0-0-0-9-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-1-----| BB||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||----0-0-0-2-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-6-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-8------| BB||-----------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||-----------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA||-----------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||------------------------------------------------------| BB||----8^-8^-8-5------------8^-8-5-----------------------| G+G||--------------7-5---------------7-5---5-7-5-----------| D MajorD||------------------7-5-7-------------7-------7-5-7-----| A augmentedA||------------------------------------------------------| E MajorE||------------------------------------------------------| Verse 5: No body gonna take my car____ E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----5--3----------------------------------------------| D MajorD||-----5--3-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------| A augmentedA||-----3--1-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------| E MajorE||--------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-------| (let ring) E MajorE||--------------------------------------------------------| BB||--------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----3--5--3---------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----3--5--3-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| A augmentedA||----1--3--1-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5------| E MajorE||----------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------| E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------------| BB||-------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----3--5--3--------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----3--5--3-----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| A augmentedA||----1--3--1-----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| E MajorE||----------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------| BB||-----------------------------------------------------------| G+G||-----------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD||----10--9--8--7-----7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-----| A augmentedA||----8---7--6--5-----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------------------------| I Love her, I need her, I seed her E MajorE||-----------------------------------------| BB||----13----13----13----13-13-13----13-----| G+G||----12----12----12----12-12-12----12-----| D MajorD||----11----11----11----11-11-11----11-----| A augmentedA||----12----12----12----12-12-12----12-----| E MajorE||-----------------------------------------| Alright hold tight I'm a Highway Star____Highway Star___ Highway STAR___ E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| BB||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G+G||----5--7--5--7--5--7--10--12--14---5--7--10--12--14---5--7--10--12--14-----| D MajorD||----5--7--5--7--5--7--10--12--14---5--7--10--12--14---5--7--10--12--14-----| A augmentedA||----3--5--3--5--3--5--8---10--12---3--5--8---10--12---3--5--8---10--12-----| E MajorE||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Other versions of Highway Star
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Highway star (Ver. 3) by Deep Purple
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Highway star | Tabs |
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