Start Me Up

Intro: 0:00
A D:D! | A D A D | G C G C | G:C G
A D:D | A D A D | G C G C | G:C G

Verse 1: 0:16
    A         D
If you start me up,
A D   A         D          G
  If you start me up I'll never
  C  G C | G:C G
Stop.

     A         D
You can start me up,
A  D   A         D           G
  You can start me up, I'll never
  C  G C | G:C G
Stop.
0:31
      A       D
I've been running hot,
A  D       A      D          G
  You got me just about to blow my
 C  G C | G:C G
Top.

     A         D
You can start me up,
A D     A         D           G
   You can start me up, I'll never
  C    G      C    G
Stop, never stop, never stop, never stop.

Chorus: 0:47
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
0:59
A        D       A         D A     D
  Spread out the oil, the gasoline,
A                          Am7
  I walk smooth ride in a mean,
 G       A   D:D | A D A D
Mean machine.
  G      C  G C | G:C G
Start it up.

Verse 2: 1:14
     A         D
You can start me up,
A   D       A      D           G
  Kick on the starter, give it all you've
 C  G C | G           C       G
Got.       (You got, you got.)

A        D
I can't compete
A D        A    D          G
    With the riders in the other
 C    G C | G:C G
Heats.
1:30
    A        D
If you rough it up,
A D     A       D            G
    If you like it you can slide it
C     G      C     G
Up, slide it up, slide it up, slide it up.

Chorus: 1:38
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
1:50
A    D       A        D    A       D
  My eyes dilate, my lips go green,
A                               Am7
  My hands are greasy, she's a mean,
 G       A   D:D | A D A D
Mean machine.
  G      C  G C | G:C G
Start it up.

Verse 3: 2:05
A        D
  Start me up,
A D A D    G          C G
  Aaaaah, you've got to,
        C   G          C      G
You've got to, never, never, never stop.

  A   D     A D   A D
Start it up,    Aaaaaah,
  G      C  G C
Start it up,
G
  Never, never, never.

Chorus: 2:21
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
A                        D
  You make a grown man cry,
2:33
A       D        A       D  A        D
  Ride like the wind at double speed,
A                                   Am7
  I'll take you places that you've never,
 G     A   D:D | A D A D
Never seen.

G C G C | G:C G

Verse 4: 2:48
    A        D
If you start it up,
A D        A       D           G
    Love the day when we will never
  C    G      C
Stop, never stop,
 G      C      G
Never, never, never stop.

A        D
  Tough me up,
A D A D | G
         Never
  C    G      C
Stop, never stop,
 G      C      G
Never, never, never stop.

Coda: 3:04
A     D
  You,  you,
A  D       A        D
  You make a grown man
  C G C | G:C G
Cry.

A D
   You,
A  D       A       D
  You make a dead man
  C  G C | G:C G
Come.
3:20
A     D
  You,  you,
A  D       A       D
  You make a dead man
  C  G C | G:C G
Come...