Start me up

     -      - 

[Verse 1]

              
   If you star

             
t me up, if yo

              
u start me up,

              
 I'll never st

            
op.
              
    If you sta

             
rt me up, if y

              
ou start me up

              
, I'll never s

            
top.
              
    I've been 

             
running hot, y

              
ou got me rift

              
ing, gonna blo

                        
w my top,
              
    if you sta

             
rt me up, if y

              
ou start me up

              
, I'll never s

           
top.

             
    You make a

              
 grown man cry

              
,        you m

    -       
ake a grown ma

                                   
n cry,
             
    you make a

              
 grown man cry

              
!

    Spread out

 the oil, the 

gasoline,
              
    I walk smo

              
oth, ride in a

              
 mean, mean ma

                                    
chine.


[Verse 2]

             
   Start it up

              
, kick on the 

              
starter give i

                  
t all you got,
             
    I can't co

              
mpete with the

              
 riders in the

                    
 other seats.
              
    If you rou

             
gh it up, if y

              
ou like it you

              
 can slide it 

         
up, slide it u

p
             
    Don’t make

              
 a grown man c

              
ry,      don’t

      -     
 make a grown 

                                    
man cry,
             
    don’t make

              
 a grown man c

                
ry !

    My eyes di

late, my lips 

go green,
              
    my hands a

              
re greasy, she

              
's a mean, mea

                                           - 
n machine.


[Verse 3]

             
   Start me up

              
, give it all 

      
you got !
             
    Start it u

              
p, never, neve

              
r slide it up 


!
             
    You make a

              
 grown man cry

              
,       you ma

    -       
ke a grown man

                                 
 cry,
             
    you make a

              
 grown man cry

              
 !

    Ride like 

the wind at do

uble speed,
              
    I'll take 

              
you places tha

              
t you've never

                                        - 
, never seen.


[Verse 4]

             
   Start it up

              
, love the day

              
 when we will 

                     
never stop !
             
    Tough me u

             
p, never stop 

!
             
    You, you, 

              
you make a gro

                              
wn man cry !
             
    You, you m

              
ake a dead man

                     
 cum !
             
    You, you, 

              
you make a dea

                             
d man cum ….

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (The Rolling Stones)