Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones

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ROLLING STONES   START ME UP       1981


[INTRO]
              
                        


[VERSE 1]
            
If you start m

           
e up, If you s

             
tart me up I'l

  
l never stop
             
you can start 

           
me up, you can

            
 start me up I

   
'll never stop
            
I've been runn

          
ing hot, You g

              
ot me just abo

      
ut to blow my 

top
            
You can start 

            
me up, you can

       
 start me up, 

I'll never sto

p, never stop,

 never stop


[CHORUS]
             
You make a gro

            
wn man cry, Yo

              
u make a grown

        
 man cry
             
You make a gro

         
wn man cry,   

           
     Spread ou

          
t the oil, the

 gasoline
             
I walk smooth 

              
ride in a mean

          
, mean machine


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[VERSE 2]
            
you can start 

            
me up, Kick on

     
 the starter, 

give it all yo

u've got (you 

got, you got)
            
I can't compet

            
e, With the ri

            
ders in the ot

her heats
            
If you rough i

            
t up, If you l

            
ike it you can

 
 slide it up, 

slide it up, S

lide it up, sl

ide it up


[CHORUS]
             
Don't make a g

             
rown man cry, 

             
Don't make a g

             
rown man cry
             
Don't make a g

            
rown man cry, 

          
         My ey

            
es dilate, my 

                        
lips go green
             
My hands are g

             
reasy, she's a

             
 mean, mean ma

      
chine


[MUSIC BREAK]

                                         


[BRIDGE]
           
Start me up,Ah

            
, you've got t

             
o, you've got 


to, Never, nev

er, never stop
            
Start it up,  

          
Ah, start it u

   
p, never, neve

r, never


[CHORUS]
             
You make a gro

            
wn man cry ,Yo

              
u make a grown

            
 man cry
             
You make a gro

           
wn man cry    

           
     Ride like

            
 the wind, at 

   
double speed
             
I'll take you 

              
places that yo

             
u've never, ne

    
ver seen


[VERSE 3]
            
It you start i

           
t up, Love the

            
 day when we w


ill never stop

  Never stop, 

never, never, 

never stop
           
Tough me up Ne

           
ver stop, neve

  
r stop


[CHORUS]
             
You, you, you 

             
make a grown m

an cry
          
You, you make 

          
a dead man com

   
e,
          
You, you, you 

            
make a dead ma

  
n come


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