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Start Me Up Chords

Music by: The Rolling Stones · 1981
Genre Rock Tone F major BPM 124 Views 5117
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[Intro 1]
[A][D][A][D][A][D]
[G][G]
[A][D][A][D][A][D]
[G][G]

[Verse 1]
If you [A]start [D]me [A]up[D]
If you [A]start [D]me up, I'll [G]never stop
You can [A]start [D]me [A]up[D]
You can [A]start [D]me up, I'll [G]never stop

[Verse 2]
I've been [A]run[D]ning hot
[A]You[D] got me tic[A]king[D], gonna blo[G]w my top
If you [A]start [D]me [A]up[D]
If you [A]start [D]me up, I'll [G]never stop

[Chorus 1]
Never stop, never stop, I'll never stop
[A]You make a grown man cry[D]
[A]You make a grown man cry[D]
[A]You make a grown man cry[D]
[A]Spread out the oil, the gasoline

[Interlude 1]
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
[A][D][A][D][A][D]
[G]Start it [G]up

[Verse 3]
If you [A]start [D]me up
[A]Kic[D]k on the sta[A]rter[D]
Give it [G]all you got, you got, you got
I [A]can't [D]compete[A][D]
With the [A]rid[D]ers in the [G]other heats
If you [A]rough [D]it [A]up[D]
If you [A]like [D]it, I can [G]slide it up

[Chorus 2]
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up
[A]Don't make a grown man cry[D]
[A]Don't make a grown man cry[D]
[A]Don't make a grown man cry[D]
[A]My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy

[Interlude 2]
She's a mean, mean machine
[A][D][A][D][A][D]
[G]Start it [G]up

[Bridge 1]
[A]Start [D]me up
[A]Ah,[D] gi[A]ve i[D]t all you g[G]ot
You got to never, never, never stop
[A]Slide [D]it up, woo
[A]Aw [D]ba by,[A] ju[D]st slide [G]it up

[Chorus 3]
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never
[A]You make a grown man cry[D]
[A]You make a grown man cry[D]
[A]You make a grown man cry[D]
[A]Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places

[Interlude 3]
that you've never, never seen
[A][D][A][D][A][D]
[G][G]

[Outro 1]
If you [A]start [D]it [A]up[D]
Love the [A]day [D]and we will [G]never stop,
never stop
Never, never, never stop
[A]Start [D]me up
[A][D][A][D]
[G]Never stop, never stop
[A]You, [D]you,
[A]you[D] make a gro[A]wn man[D] cry[G]
[A]You, [D]you[A] ma[D]de a dead m[A]an co[D]me[G]
[A]You, [D]you,
[A]you[D] made a dea[A]d man[D] come[G]
[Fade out]
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