Machine Head Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

G F C F G F C F

G

C A♯

G Nobody gonna take my car

  I'm gonna race it to the A♯groCunA♯d

G Nobody gonna beat my car

  It's gonna break the speed of A♯souCndA♯

F (F E D♯)

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

  CAll Dright, Chold Dtight, CI'm Da FhighGway Astar

C A♯

G 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

D D F G A C C D (C D C D)

D C A G♯ G F D C

C A♯

G 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 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, Chold Dtight, CI'm Da FhighGway Astar

  CI'm Da FhighGway Astar, CI'm Da FhighGway Astar

Maybe I'm A Leo

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

From "Machine Head" 1972.

Intro

riff)

Fm Cm D♯ A♯ Cm

  CmPeeping round the door, I got a big surprise

  FmCouldn't see a thing, but open skies

  They've G7taken her away, Fwhere D♯is A♯she Cmnow

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.

  BmSomebody's shouting up at a mountain

Only my own words return

Nobody's up there, it's a deception

  When will I ever DleEmarn

  I'm aBmlone here

  With Gemptiness Bmeagles and Dsnow

  UnGfriendliness Bmchilling my Dbody

  And Gwhispering Bmpictures of Ghome

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.

Bm A Bm A Bm

  E7Somebody, somebody, Dcome A6to my siEde

  E7I'm tired, I'm crying, DI'm A6sick insiEde

  E7My woman, that woman, Djust A6wasn't riEght

  B7Help me now please my friend

  I Dne-Aver Gfelt Aso G7bad be-A7fore

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

C I was hurt when I was Fyounger

Fm7 By a woman who was Ccold

  She took my name, she took my Fbody

Fm7 Then she threw away my Csoul

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

E7 D A E E7 A Bm A Bm

Smoke On The Water

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

From "Machine Head" 1972.

Riff

 notes): G A♯ C G A♯ C♯ C G A♯ C A♯ G (6 X)

1.(guitar) 2. 3.(+organ & hi-hat) 4.(+drums) 5.(+bass) 6.

Gm We all came out to Montreux

  On the A♯Lake CGeneva Gmshoreline

To make records with a mobile

  A♯ C We didn't Gmhave much time

Gm Frank Zappa and the Mothers

  Were A♯at the best Cplace Gmaround

But some stupid with a flare gun

  A♯Burned the place Cto the Gmground

  CSmoke on the G♯7water,Gm a fire in the sky

  CSmoke on the G♯7water

Riff

2 X)

Gm 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 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

  CSmoke on the G♯7water,Gm a fire in the sky

  CSmoke on the G♯7water

Riff

4 X) + organ solo (without guitar riff)

Lazy

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

From "Machine Head" 1972.

G C7 G G7 C7 C7 G G A♯ F G

D7 You're Glazy, C7you just stay in Gbed

G7 You're C7lazy, just stay in Gbed

G You A♯don't want no money, Fyou don't want no Gbread

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

G A D C A C D G A

  Well, we Ahad a lot of luck on Venus

  We Dalways had a E7ball on AMars

  We're Ameeting all the groovy people

  We've Drocked the Milky E7Way so Afar

  We danDced around with Bore-Aalice

  We're Dspace truckin' round the the Estars

  Come Aon, come on, come on

Let's go Space truckin'

  Come E7on, 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 Aon, come on, come on

Let's go space truckin'

  Come E7on, come on, come on

Space Truckin'

  AYeah, yeah, yeah

Space truckin'

  E7Yeah, yeah, yeah

Space truckin'