Start Me Up chords by
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones (Official Version)
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Key: F majorDifficulty: Beginner
Intro 1
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Bb
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Verse 1
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If you start me up
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If you start me up, I'll never stop
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You can start me up
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You can start me up, I'll never stop
Verse 2
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I've been running hot
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You got me ticking, gonna blow my top
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If you start me up
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If you start me up, I'll never stop
Chorus 1
Never stop, never stop, I'll never stop
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You make a grown man cry
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You make a grown man cry
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You make a grown man cry
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Spread out the oil, the gasoline
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I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Interlude 1
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Start it up
Verse 3
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If you start me up
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Kick on the starter
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Give it all you got, you got, you got
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I can't compete
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With the riders in the other heats
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If you rough it up
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If you like it, I can slide it up
Chorus 2
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up
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Don't make a grown man cry
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Don't make a grown man cry
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Don't make a grown man cry
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My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy
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She's a mean, mean machine
Interlude 2
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Start it up
Bridge 1
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Start me up
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Ah, give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
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Slide it up, woo
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Aw ba by, just slide it up
Chorus 3
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never
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You make a grown man cry
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You make a grown man cry
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You make a grown man cry
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Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places
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that you've never, never seen
Interlude 3
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Outro 1
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If you start it up
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Love the day and we will never stop,
never stop
Never, never, never stop
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Start me up
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Never stop, never stop
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You, you,
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you make a grown man cry
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You, you made a dead man come
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You, you,
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you made a dead man come
[Fade out]

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