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 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)... (4 X) ( ) 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 ... 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 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. Intro (riff) -----|-------------|------------|------------|-----------------| -----|------------|------------|------------|------------| -----|------------1----|------------3-1--|------------|------------| -----|-3-3-1--1-3---3--|-3-3-1--1-3------|------------1----|------------| -----|------3----------|------3----------|-3-3-1--1-3---3--|-3-3-1--1---2----| -----|------------|------------|------3----------|------3----------| -----|-------------|------------|------------|-----------------| -----|------------|------------|------------|------------| -----|------------1----|------------3-1--|------------|------------| -----|-3-3-1--1-3---3--|-3-3-1--1-3------|------------1----|--------1--------| -----|------3----------|------3----------|-3-3-1--1-3---3--|-3-3-1------1----| -----|------------|------------|------3----------|------3----------| Peeping round the door, I got a big surprise -----|-----------------|-----------------|-1- -----|------------|------------|-1- -----|-0------------|-0------------|-1- -----|---3-1--1-3------|---3-1--1--------|-3- -----|------3-----1-3--|------3-----1----|-3- -----|------------|------------|-1- Couldn't see a thing, but open skies -----|-----------------|-----------------|-3- -----|------------|------------|-3- -----|-0------------|-0------------|-4- -----|---3-1--1-3------|---3-1--1--------|-3- -----|------3-----1-3--|------3-----1----|-5- -----|------------|------------|-3- They've taken her away, where is she now Verse 2 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: Cm Organ solo: Cm Riff Verse 3 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. -----|-------------|------------------7--------| -----|------------3------------|-7------------| -----|---------2-4---4-2-4--------|------9-----7---7----------| -----|---0-2-4------------|------------9------------| -----|-2------------|------------| -----|------------|------------| -----|-------------|-------------------| -----|------------3------------|---7-7-7-7-7------------| -----|---------2-4---4-2-4--------|-10----------....----------| -----|---0-2-4------------|------------| -----|-2------------|------------| -----|------------|------------| 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 Verse 2 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: Bm Verse 3 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: Bm Bass solo: Riff Never Before (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) From "Machine Head" 1972. -----|------------|------------| -----|-----------3----------------|-3----------3------------| -----|-4----2-4------------2-4-|----4---2-4------------| -----|----4------------4-----|------4--------...---------| -----|------------|-----------------------| -----|------------|------------| 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 Verse 2 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: E Verse 3 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: E (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) Gm (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) Gm (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 Verse 2 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 Verse 3 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 Verse 4 (1) 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. Intro: (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' Verse 2 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' Verse 3 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: G A (? 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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Cette chanson évoque la passion dévorante d'un homme pour sa voiture et sa bien-aimée, soulignant son désir de les protéger à tout prix. Il exprime à quel point il est prêt à vivre des sensations fortes, à défier la vitesse et à profiter de chaque instant sur la route, tout en célébrant une connexion intense et possessive avec sa compagne. Les thèmes de la liberté, de l'amour et de l'adrénaline sont prédominants, et l'énergie de la musique reflète parfaitement cette quête d'excitation et d'évasion. Sortie au début des années 70, cette chanson s'inscrit dans un contexte de culture automobile en plein essor et d'une génération qui vibre au rythme du rock, aspirant à tourner à pleine vitesse dans la vie et à vivre sans retenue.